[rawnlq]

Was totally expecting this to be a plug for firebase (google's realtime database) but it actually comes with a koa server using websockets. Seems to be built with redux under the hood. No fancy conflict resolution and does syncing by serializing entire app state and sending it to each client after each move.

[julee04]

i was expecting the same as well. glad it wasnt!

[philsnow]

why are you glad, because google bought them? rewind to before the acquisition and there was a lot of positive sentiment towards things built using firebase.

[TheAceOfHearts]

It's closed source and there's no API-compatible self-hosted open source version. Vendor lock-in is a big concern for many people.

[Jonovono]

It's still very positive. With their introduction of Firebase Functions and datastore, firebase is amazing for certain projects..