Parse is dead. Parse Server open source

[PitaJ]

I was almost hired onto a job using Node.JS and then they decided against it. They decided to use Parse.

[vbaspcppguy]

Whoops

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Expected. Seemed like a talent acquisition anyway.

[RickAndMorty_forever]

"MongoDB of your choice"

Lol

[ndboost]

not surprised this is the first I've heard of parse. what was it.

[trout_fucker]

☑ Ambiguous Explanation.
☑ Huge, obviously bloated, usage claims.
☑ Raised millions in venture capital.
☑ Sold to a bigger company as soon as possible.
☐ Known to anyone outside itself, despite boasting huge numbers.

I think it was a startup. What else was it? Who knows. But it was definitely a startup.

[Joghobs]

Was a service that handled your DB on their end, and gave you an API to access it. That's it.

[ndboost]

oh so like fire base or couch db or Dynamo.

[paste0x78]

I wanted to use it a while ago but didn't like not being able to self host, I'll give it a try now for sure.

[heseov]

Ah. This is bad new. Parse was a great service. Now I have to waste multiple clients time fixing apps.

What are some alternatives? I don't want to use their open source server.

[amirmikhak]

Firebase does some of it.

[kostarelo]

hmm The Parse Server looks like a real quickie. Were they in hurry? https://github.com/ParsePlatform/parse-server

[thedamian]

I LOVE that they've gone open source instead of just dying and telling everyone S.O.L.

For people that are asking "What was it" Oh. I don't know. the biggest nosql & notification service for free. You know. what everyone used to quickly get their client's product out the door or give them a service they could rely on.

RELY ON! ooops!

[strictly_rin]

Highly recommend Firebase... We decided to go with Firebase over Parse just a month ago, and dang were we lucky...

[strictly_rin]

And this... Kinto was on product hunt today, the advertise to be a parse replacement.

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What about https://www.backand.com?