Posts tagged "Firebase"

26-SEP-26[3 MIN]

The Boring Stack Is Cheap Again: Firebase to Postgres, Better Auth and SvelteKit

In July I wrote 'no migration' for FameCake's Firestore database. In September I moved a live ecommerce platform to Postgres, Better Auth and SvelteKit, with 291 agents and a 33-minute freeze. The database didn't change. The price of leaving it did.

21-OCT-25[8 MIN]

ai-coding claude-code flutter firebase dev-tools mobile

Building Trivista: What AI Coding Actually Solves (and What It Doesn't)

Building a multiplayer trivia app solo with AI coding tools. Here's what worked, what didn't, and the trade-offs no one talks about.

03-OCT-25[5 MIN]

firebase api production

When Cloudflare Thinks Your Cloud Function is a Bot: The Case for API Aggregators

A production outage caused by Cloudflare's anti-bot systems flagging Google Cloud datacenter IPs, and why API aggregation layers matter more than you think

28-SEP-25[5 MIN]

firebase security performance architecture

Building Real-Time Multiplayer with Firebase: What Works and What Doesn't

Real lessons from shipping multiplayer games with Firebase: what works for small groups, where it breaks down, and the scalability limits you need to know upfront.