So over the past few months now I have been diving into the deep end with Vue. With this, I have started to figure out the extreme usefulness of firebase to spin up a database.

I have found being able to do a simple api call and have everything set up for you so convenient. As it allows me to rapidly prototype my project without dealing with the added back end. I found it even more satisfying how quickly I can use authentication tokens. Rather than having to again set up my own back end to handle session IDs ect.

However, I do currently look at this as a prototype as I can see that this probably would get expensive for separate hosting ect. Rather than using a normal domain hosting with SQL ect and PHP. I will say that its great though if you are wanting to stay within the front-end realm.

What do you all think? What are the drawbacks of using this service? What do you all think the pros to it? Really curious to see the community's thoughts.