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Just chiming in... Auth, free hosting and SSL is what drove me to Firebase in the first place. DB is the last thing.

Just thought you should know, when I read "Firebase alternative", I got excited about something else.

Good feedback - thanks. Stay excited! It's something we will build and we will make the experience as simple (simpler?) than Firebase

Likewise. Firestore client API is nice and convenient, but it is so limiting on queries. One has to know the limitations and plan ahead on how to model the data around them, or risk the ability to do even some fundamental queries [0]. [0] https://stackoverflow.com/questions/47251919/firestore-how-t...

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