Firefeed
Languages and libraries
demo app for realtime backend
SHOW HN2012
How HN took it
5 positive, 14 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 11 critical, out of 31 comments about the project. Thread score -0.18.
Execution: 1 for, 6 againstDesign: 0 for, 3 againstIdea: 2 for, 0 againstPricing: 0 for, 2 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Clean, slick code for its size
From 1 comment
Going through the GitHub repository at firebase/firefeed right now. This looks pretty slick for 500 lines of code.
ozgune on HN
Open source and easy to fork
From 2 comments
We built Firefeed to show how easy it is to build realtime apps with Firebase. We've put up a detailed explanation of how we built it on the about page:…
anant on HNPlease feel free to tinker, fork, send pull requests, etc! It's all open source.
mayop100 on HN
Objections
Requires Facebook login; excludes users without accounts
From 3 comments
Sign in with Facebook - nope
retube on HNOK perhaps that was a tad harsh, but I do get annoyed when I see the only login option for something be Facebook. I won't go on an anti-Facebook tirade but suffice to say it is…
da_n on HNDoes it really require Facebook to use? Don't really want to create an account just to see what this is all about.
SquareWheel on HN
Blank page when Facebook SDK is blocked
From 3 comments
In case anyone is confused, it requires Facebook, so if you block FB, it will be pretty much an empty page with some footer links. I assumed it had crashed. But they assumed I…
jimrhoskins on HNI only see a stripe at the top and two links at the bottom (which are also very near the top of the page). Using Chrome.
JungleGymSam on HNI don't block Facebook, and it's still not showing up. Just get a blank page.
adventured on HN
Tight coupling to Firebase hosting is a lock-in risk
From 2 comments
Firebase looks really cool, but my first impression the moment I see that you end up building everything in a way where it is tightly coupled to the servers of a startup that…
vidarh on HNPricing doesn't look like an issue. The hosting thing, for me, would remain an issue no matter how many large companies you sign up - A large enough company could presumably…
vidarh on HN
Requests
Offer a login option other than Facebook
From 3 comments
The option to log in without requiring FB would be nice.
ahoy on HNI almost never use Facebook to log into anything, and vastly prefer using twitter as my catch-all account. You absolutely must put in a real account system as an alternative to…
blackhole on HNGreat job FireBase team. Think I am going to try this for the http://commando.io status feed. Simply host on my CDN. Would love to have GitHub auth as well though.
nodesocket on HN
Show content when Facebook is unreachable
From 1 comment
In case anyone is confused, it requires Facebook, so if you block FB, it will be pretty much an empty page with some footer links. I assumed it had crashed. But they assumed I…
jimrhoskins on HN
Add Twitter or GitHub login
From 2 comments
Would it be much more code to support Twitter's OAuth as well? That'd appease me... everything on my Twitter is public and they have a much better record with regard to user data…
graue on HNGreat job FireBase team. Think I am going to try this for the http://commando.io status feed. Simply host on my CDN. Would love to have GitHub auth as well though.
nodesocket on HN
Questions
Does it really require Facebook to use?
From 1 comment
Does it really require Facebook to use? Don't really want to create an account just to see what this is all about.
SquareWheel on HN
How concurrent-user pricing limits work when exceeded
From 1 comment
You should have graduated concurrent user limits there. Rather than 1000 across the board, start with 100 for the "Candle" plan (the name "Spark" would be a great fit too), 1000…
biot on HN
Alternatives named
Other federated status update services such as OStatus and Tent.io
From 1 comment
neat. Can I be the first to recommend that you peruse the federation specs (OStatus/Tent.io, also there is a w3 working group mailing list http://www.w3.org/community/fedsocweb/)…
riffic on HN