Good vs. Evil
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56 yes.
It was a good idea already to rewrite the old parts for various reasons and firestore has some really nice features.
The biggest reason to use firestore is that totally eliminates the need for the web socket server.
Alerts can just become an collection and the client subscribes to changes in this collection that have to do with the current user id.
A simple query like firebase.col("alerts").where("users."+userId,"==",true).onSnaptshot({some function here that deals with the changes}) is enough.
Making alerts also has become simpler, as I can use a similar method on the backend to trigger whenever changes to the database are made. Before this I would have to manually write code everywhere where I made changes to the database to let the websocket server know. Additionally, if the websocket server was unavailable while the normal server was not, no alerts could be made. This meant that I couldn't use the alert system as a log for what happened. Now however its impossible for one to work without the other as they are the same system.
As a nice bonus, I can use this same technique on EVERY page. Meaning that I can make every page automatically update whenever changes occur for that page. This is something that was flat out impossible previously.
And these are just the benefits from switching to the database provided by firebase bring. However, firebase has some other nice features.
Authentication -> 0auth is pretty much build in. I currently have google and normal email/password login working. Getting other providers working is just 1 line of code + an api key away from being implemented.
Storage -> using firebase gives me easy access to googles cloud. As such, allowing people to SAFELY upload files is a lot easier than before. This means that I probably will add code to allow people to upload images of their characters. However, I will add code to limit this as it is something that will cost me money.
Other stuff that I may not use -> It includes libraries for A/B testing, machine learning, various monitoring tools and other stuff. I probably don't need most of it though but still, its nice to have if I do.
Costs -> Firebase has a free plan which comes with https. The chances that I would find something for free that I could use the old system on are slim as I needed lua to be installed and a library to work with it.
For firebase the "backend" is javascript. Meaning I don't need to have lua installed but ship it with the server.
55. I used to like fishing with my dad on the family boat (we shared ownership with his siblings) every year or so. My favorite part was when we went fast on choppy water and the boat bounced up and down! Sadly we are no longer able to go fishing... hopefully we can do it again in the future though!
56 someone found a nice piece of css that will render differently on pretty much every browser.
https://twitter.com/martijn_cuppens/status/1015169981368225793?s=21
Fun fact: Edge may be the one that does it correctly. And lets be honest, IE gets bonus points because it actually looks really nice.
https://twitter.com/martijn_cuppens/status/1015169981368225793?s=21
Fun fact: Edge may be the one that does it correctly. And lets be honest, IE gets bonus points because it actually looks really nice.
54. Two of my brothers have really high fevers today 
They are currently at the hospital and the doctors were talking about having one on IV, he looked really sick like he was wasting away before our eyes I hope he gets well soon!
They are currently at the hospital and the doctors were talking about having one on IV, he looked really sick like he was wasting away before our eyes I hope he gets well soon!