I am a strong believer that Firebase model is the way forward. Huge fan of Firebase but it is scary to have no proper alternatives. Yes, sure you can have a similar setup with AWS or bespoke implementation but they are not in the same spirit.
Very glad to see people working on alternatives.
IMHO though, what makes Firebase special is the glue they use: Account management and libraries come for free so you can start thinkering on the interesting parts. Firebase is not just Firestore, it is a set of tools that work together seamlessly.
When this is achieved, your own product feels mature as if you are working on implementing a product on top of FB or other established platform and everything "boring" is handled by someone else.
In my mind, Firebase is a very flexible CMS with sane defaults.
Very glad to see people working on alternatives.
IMHO though, what makes Firebase special is the glue they use: Account management and libraries come for free so you can start thinkering on the interesting parts. Firebase is not just Firestore, it is a set of tools that work together seamlessly.
When this is achieved, your own product feels mature as if you are working on implementing a product on top of FB or other established platform and everything "boring" is handled by someone else.
In my mind, Firebase is a very flexible CMS with sane defaults.