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Ask HN: Anybody using Firebase in their app or business

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Just another Firebase user and wanted to get a feel for how Firebase is being used right now and as well talk about issues I've faced as soon as Firebase has some data (Firebase web UI stopped as soon as I reached above 500 users) and see if anyone else came up with solutions.

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Indiehackers is on Firebase [0]

https://twitter.com/IndieHackers/status/935242615540260864?s...

I'm using Firebase for all my backend needs. As a relatively inexperienced programmer, I found Firebase to be extremely time-saving and easier to implement into my app. Granted, I'm only at a prototype stage so I'm not sure how well it will scale in the future.

I use Firebase for authentication, database (Firestore), storage and hosting. I have not faced any issues yet with any aspect of the suite.

I’m at the same level of experience as you right now. I’m working on an inventory system for my team and Firebase has been a joy to use from the start. Everything, including auth, Firestore, analytics, and Cloud Functions, have been easy to use and well documented.

I just don’t trust myself yet to build a relatively secure backend but still want some custom functionality, and Firebase allows me to do that with minimal setup and low operating costs (at least for ~50 active users)

For my side project I have chosen Parse. Although not perfect, I like that it is open source, and although I use a managed service I know I can swap over to a digital ocean type implementation if every single managed service calls it quits.

My fear with Firebase is being a Google product, who knows if it will stick around, and then you are forced to refactor your code, to something else.

I have used firebase in a couple of side projects. And quite happy.

> My fear with Firebase is being a Google product, who knows if it will stick around

Same here. Simple solution would be to self host something like parse or https://gun.eco . Anyone used the open source alternatives to firebase?

CEO of a building app here. Same thought. Parse > Firebase because of open source and movable quickly

another thing to note is that being a Google service, Firebase is blocked in China. May or may not matter depending on your audience (in China right now and IH doesn't work without a VPN)

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