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A Graph-Based Firebase

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In A Database in the Browser, I wrote that the schleps we face as UI engineers are actually database problems in disguise ^1. This begged the question: would a database-looking solution solve them?...

A Graph-Based Firebase A Graph-Based Firebase August 2022 In A Database in the Browser , I wrote that the schleps we face as UI engineers are actually database problems in disguise [1] . This begged the question: would a database-looking solution solve them? My co-founder Joe and I decided to build one and find out. This became Instant . I’d describe it as a graph-based successor to Firebase. You have relational queries, auth, and permissions. Optimistic updates come out of the box, and everything is reactive. It's an architecture you can use today. Working on Instant has felt like an evolutio

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