[Firebase founder here]

Google is 100% behind us, and we're continuing to make big investments in the platform. If you have concerns, feel free to ask me questions on twitter: twitter.com/startupandrew

I'm afraid google will kill firebase too. I built some sort of mvp with firebase and I intend to port it to express/postgres.

i used to be scared using app engine, but this was for start ups that really couldn't afford using anything else. They gained so much time and saved so much money, it was worth the risk.

But firebase ?? Unless you need real-time capabilities at the DB level, i really don't see the point.