RemoteBase
Web and SaaS
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SHOW HN2016
4points
9comments
#2,134of 2,264 in 2016
Top 95%of 2016 by points
How HN took it
QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project
0 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 3 critical, out of 4 comments about the project.
Performance: 0 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 against
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Post-mortem of the rewrite is useful to other developers
From 1 comment
I recently built an app called RemoteBase using MeteorJS, a full stack JavaScript framework. I had some scalability issues, and rewrote the app. Here is why and how I rewrote the…
stockkid on HN
Objections
MongoDB does not scale well and is a poor choice
From 3 comments
Lesson 1 of writing code that doesn't die with 200 users: don't use mongo. Glad you got meteor fixed up by sad you stuck with Mongo. H
brianwawok on HNI think that is a good idea when looking at new technology in general. However in this case 1) switching databases is a lot of hassle especially without an ORM. Why choose wrong…
brianwawok on HNYou echo the issues I've encountered with Meteor and the reasons why we got rid of it. MongoDB is the worst when having to do, well, anything with it. We've moved to FeathersJS…
lykron on HN
Choosing the wrong database from the start is the root problem
From 1 comment
I think that is a good idea when looking at new technology in general. However in this case 1) switching databases is a lot of hassle especially without an ORM. Why choose wrong…
brianwawok on HN
Alternatives named
FeathersJS with a SQL backend
From 1 comment
You echo the issues I've encountered with Meteor and the reasons why we got rid of it. MongoDB is the worst when having to do, well, anything with it. We've moved to FeathersJS…
lykron on HN
LoopBack
From 1 comment
Nice to hear about your experience with meteor Take a look at Loopback, it is built on top of express, allows for rapid development and in my experience scales really good. For…
jpcapdevila on HN