Re:Rxdb: A reactive database where you can subscribe to the ...
by kiwicopple on Friday October 25, 2019 @01:35PM
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I actually used Firebase at the start but this implementation is so that we can migrate 100% to Postgres. I agree though, Rethink is awesome
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Re:Rxdb: A reactive database where you can subscribe to the ...
by com2kid on Friday October 25, 2019 @04:23PM
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Make this good enough and you could very well cut into a huge chunk of Firebase's business model.
I'd seriously love to have query subscriptions, especially if the library is robust enough for use on mobile.
Ine large differentiator of Firebase's DB offerings is the subscription functionality, mobile and web, but using that means buying into NoSQL. A proper subscribable SQL database would be amazing.
Of course the conflict resolution on writes, and the local caching is another key benefit Firebase offers. Not sure how that could be done with a real relational DB!
Re:Rxdb: A reactive database where you can subscribe to the ...
by kiwicopple on Saturday October 26, 2019 @12:46AM
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Thanks for the comments. I agree, the conflict resolution of FB on mobile is pretty awesome.
FYI we are using this on our mobile (react native) in production, so I have no doubts it will be robust enough with a bit more polish
Re:Rxdb: A reactive database where you can subscribe to the ...
by markandrewj on Friday October 25, 2019 @02:57PM
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Just out of curiosity, are you moving off of Firebase because of technical limitations, or because of pricing?
Re:Rxdb: A reactive database where you can subscribe to the ...
by kiwicopple on Friday October 25, 2019 @03:51PM
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Mainly because I want to keep my team small so it’s easier if we all commit to Postgres. But We also hard a hard time with Firebase’s filtering on sub collections (for their new Firestore)
Re:Rxdb: A reactive database where you can subscribe to the ...
by markandrewj on Friday October 25, 2019 @05:49PM
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Fair enough.