The architecture behind a one-person tech startup

Re:The architecture behind a one-person tech startup by 0xdba on Thursday April 08, 2021 @09:41AM (#26738549)

For my typing SaaS, I found firebase hosting/realtime DB a ginormous time saver.

And since it hasn't taken off (and probably won't ever), it just costs me a pennies a month since I'm under their free limits, plus the domain.

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Re:The architecture behind a one-person tech startup by darkhorse13 on Thursday April 08, 2021 @10:35AM (#26739216)

But you should be careful if it actually does takeoff. Firebase is freaking amazing, but the pricing can get crazy expensive.

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Re:The architecture behind a one-person tech startup by elitan on Thursday April 08, 2021 @12:57PM (#26741125)

I also tested Firebase but quickly ran into issues.

Firebase's database is a NoSQL database, whereas almost all my data for the apps and (micro-)SaaS I was building had relational data.

Their frontend data fetching felt clunky and did not fit my requirement.

Also, the fact that Firebase is a closed-source backend felt scary in the hands of Google (https://killedbygoogle.com/).

Firebase's problems and my desire to have the perfect backend made me build an open-source alternative to fix all the shortcomings. PostgreSQL instead of NoSQL. GraphQL instead of REST. 100% open source. That is now https://nhost.io.

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Re:The architecture behind a one-person tech startup by darkhorse13 on Thursday April 08, 2021 @09:28PM (#26745825)

Thanks for sharing. On first impressions, I found Nhost's product to be really cool, so much so that I actually applied for the open position of Product Designer [Tahmid].

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Re:The architecture behind a one-person tech startup by 0xdba on Thursday April 15, 2021 @09:08AM (#26819991)

That is a problem I'd love to have.

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