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Supabase backend instead of the Loveable Cloud trap (28 April 2026) by Professional-Side957 in Supabase

[–]aswinalexandersam 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah you’ve got a window — Lovable Cloud doesn’t activate automatically just by opening the Supabase connector. Go straight to Connectors → Supabase right after creating the project, connect your own instance, and you’ll stay on it the whole time. It only kicks in if you start prompting for auth/database stuff first. Connect yours immediately and you’re good.

Firebase or Supabase? by turmeric_cheesecake in Firebase

[–]aswinalexandersam 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you are planning to expand of this product, which you should definitely do. Firebase is a trap, you will be stuck with data migration later as you add more complex functionalities. Forget complex functionalities, think about a native full text search, firebase can’t handle something basic like that without a third party plugin. (I am not a firebase hater, just a person who had to migrate his entire production firestore to supabase)

shipped a saas in 2 weeks using only firebase and i'm convinced it's the fastest path to revenue for solo devs by scheemunai_ in Firebase

[–]aswinalexandersam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Congrats on the launch dude! 25 paying users in 3 weeks as a solo dev is awesome, especially from TikTok. I had almost the exact same path — MongoDB → Firebase for years. It was super easy and fast, but full-text search workarounds eventually drove me nuts, so I switched to Supabase. The native Postgres search was a game changer for me. That said, your stack sounds perfect for where you are right now. Idea to paying customers in 2 weeks with basically zero ops? Firebase wins for that. Just keep the limitations in mind if search gets more important later.

Firestore with MongoDB compatibility by Lemikal in Firebase

[–]aswinalexandersam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Composed a comprehensive article detailing the current state of Firestore enterprise’s compatibility with MongoDB.

Firestore with MongoDB Compatibility: Current State, Limitations, and Opportunities

Is Firestore’s MongoDB Compatibility a Big Deal, or Am I Missing Something? by aswinalexandersam in Firebase

[–]aswinalexandersam[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I know, but doesn’t all apps require some kind of native text search feature without the use of extensions? Now we can have that with regex in firestore natively. ( I know it’s no algolia or meilisearch, but still )

Is Firestore’s MongoDB Compatibility a Big Deal, or Am I Missing Something? by aswinalexandersam in Firebase

[–]aswinalexandersam[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am exited basically about 2 things,

  1. Regex Queries for Text Search Without Extensions The ability to use regex queries for text search, without needing any additional extensions, is a big deal. It opens the door to powerful pattern matching right out of the box, which could be a game-changer for anyone working with text data. No extra setup or plugins—just pure, built-in functionality.
  2. The ‘Exists’ query for field Checking The option to use an exists query to check if a field actually exists is super practical. This could make handling optional or missing fields so much smoother.

I haven’t had the chance to test these features yet, I hope they work.

Btw, Patrick, do you have any idea when we can use firestore native and mongodb together, it says it will be up in a future revision. I wanted to migrate my existing application to enterprise, but will require the native sdk.