I used to work on Firebase. I also use Firebase heavily in my work and personal projects.

I am normally quite skeptical of “Firebase but X” projects because they often seem to be running head first into the issues that the Firebase team so skillfully avoided.

This isn’t one of those projects. The author of this essay clearly gets what you need to actually build a backend for a modern app that’s also simple enough to get started with. I’m very excited about this project.