thin.dev
Infrastructure
backend as a service
SHOW HN2022
How HN took it
1 positive, 7 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 7 critical, out of 16 comments about the project. Thread score -0.29.
Idea: 1 for, 4 againstPricing: 0 for, 1 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
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What HN said
What people liked
Simple high-level APIs reduce boilerplate and speed development
From 2 comments
I've been playing with the Thin API and prototyping some small applications (music streaming and comms type stuff). It seems like one of the most production ready ways of…
montmorency88 on HNSaw the demo - and love the simplicity of backend calls. It makes a lot of sense for full-stack devs to increase development velocity, but how do you see this fit in with teams…
leohonexus on HN
Optimistic updates and low latency improve user experience
From 1 comment
Thanks for the input! Thin can quickly be integrated in an existing stack as long as you're using postgres. The value proposition with an existing backend can be: Improved UX…
_query on HN
Objections
Lock-in to a third-party backend and Haskell stack
From 3 comments
Seems great for simple applications. But i will always prefer choosing every tool myself. I want to be able to choose which DB i use, which backend language, which frontend…
ki_ on HNI might be wrong here but it just dissecting this two principles I can see few issues: ``` All data is realtime and reflects the latest database state: Local state management is…
tomatowurst on HN> Do you think making it more open source would solve the issue? No is not what I'm arguing for here but you highlighted my concerns here, I see two points of failures/blackboxes…
tomatowurst on HN
Pricing is not clearly cheaper than Firebase for small apps
From 1 comment
I think you have to specify the use case. I have an app that I built which has a couple hundred users. I pay just a couple dollars per month to use firebase firestore,…
RayVR on HN
Local state management is not as hard as claimed
From 1 comment
I might be wrong here but it just dissecting this two principles I can see few issues: ``` All data is realtime and reflects the latest database state: Local state management is…
tomatowurst on HN
Requests
Support for more frameworks beyond React
From 1 comment
Are there any plans to decouple this from React, either by making it framework-agnostic, or by adding support for other frameworks like e.g. Svelte and Vue?
erokar on HN
Open sourcing more of the system
From 1 comment
Do you think making it more open source would solve the issue? Thin is mostly based on IHP DataSync. You can the source code here…
_query on HN
Questions
How pricing compares to Firebase
From 1 comment
How does pricing compare to Firebase which lets frontend devs think in terms of modifying their JSON data without thinking about the REST equivalent?
alephnan on HN
How it differs from Blitz.js, Supabase and Firebase
From 2 comments
Saw the demo - and love the simplicity of backend calls. It makes a lot of sense for full-stack devs to increase development velocity, but how do you see this fit in with teams…
leohonexus on HNLooks cool! How does this compare to something like Firebase/Supabase?
kevsim on HN
Alternatives named
Firebase
From 1 comment
How does pricing compare to Firebase which lets frontend devs think in terms of modifying their JSON data without thinking about the REST equivalent?
alephnan on HN
Supabase
From 1 comment
Looks cool! How does this compare to something like Firebase/Supabase?
kevsim on HN
Blitz.js
From 1 comment
Saw the demo - and love the simplicity of backend calls. It makes a lot of sense for full-stack devs to increase development velocity, but how do you see this fit in with teams…
leohonexus on HN
RxDB/PouchDB with Couchbase
From 1 comment
Since this highlights the goal of making database state the app state, how does this compare to going the RxDB/PouchDB syncing to Couchbase route?
hunterb123 on HN