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1. alex_suzuki · 1790673037 · focus · HN ↗

   I remember first learning about Firebase when working on Android push notifications, a loooooong time ago (~2011 i think). Over time it grew into this full-featured app development platform, after an aquisition (don’t remember the name).

   These days however it feels a bit neglected, and somehow poorly bolted on to GCP. I still have a few production apps running on it and news like this reinforces my belief that it’s in decline.

   What are folks using these days that (ideally) is open source and self-hostable? I don’t want to lock in with another platform. Some of these apps use the offline sync feature of Firestore (apps used in basements and other low-connectivity areas).

   1. bcye · 1790674647 · focus · HN ↗

      Especially for offline sync Firebase is still much stronger than other all-in-one solutions.

      The real alternative there would be to use some SQLite syncing solution and a different solution for auth and cloud compute.

      1. matharmin · 1790676579 · focus · HN ↗

         While Firebase has support for queries with realtime updates and offline caching, I wouldn't quite call it offline sync.

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