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		hardwaresofton on Aug 23, 2024 \| parent \| context \| \| on: Show HN: InstantDB – A Modern Firebase Is this a drop-in, same-client-sdk alternative to firebase? It seems like that’s what would do best in the marketplace… people seem to be fine with the API of firebase and just want it to be cheaper

nezaj on Aug 23, 2024 [–]

We love the small API and fast getting started experience of Firebase. We take a lot of inspiration from them for our write api. Hand-rolling joins was often a pain point though and we thought a graphql-like interface was a better experience.

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