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jamest
on April 12, 2012
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‘Firebase’ Does for Apps What Dropbox Did for Docs
Hosting can be handled much more efficiently / easily by someone designed just for content distribution, like a CDN. Our own site is 100% server from a CDN, which makes for very nice scaling characteristics. Also, it's free right now...
haberman
on April 12, 2012
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Or with a scheme like Chrome Apps, the browser could store the app locally. The app could work offline and only use the server to sync/collaborate.
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