protobuf-rules-gen VS supabase

A long time ago, I was the PM on Firestore security rules, which was intended to solve both of those issues.

https://github.com/FirebaseExtended/protobuf-rules-gen was the closest we got: declaring types as protobufs (because Google, of course) and then generating both security rules to guarantee validity as well as client types that would match. I wanted to add proto annotations to do additional validity (e.g. add a regex to validate the phone number string was correct, do length checks on strings, etc.).

The short answer is that backend rules engines, either in their own DSL or bolted on to e.g. SQL, are pretty tough to get right, and have a super steep learning curve. IMO, AWS API Gateway with Lambda Authorizers get this most correct.

So, we will use Supabase as a Postgres database to store the tokens and Prisma as our ORM of choice to communicate with our database.

Supabase (postgREST, Auth)

[5] https://supabase.com/

Implemented read only UI for indexes. PR

Before we start, make sure you have a GitHub account. You also need Node.js and npm installed on your local machine (note: you also have the option to host it on a cloud environment using Gitpod for example; that would be another post). If you need accounts on Vercel, Supabase, and Resend, create them by visiting the Vercel, Supabase, and Resend websites.

GitHub: https://github.com/supabase/supabase/tree/master/studio

Supabase a project tagged "The open-source Firebase killer" is an open-source alternative to Firebase. A SAS platform from Google. Supabase Like Firebase is a SAS platform. Supabase provides you with a Backend as a service to enable rapid application development by keeping your concerns related to only the front end of your application enabling you to focus fully on delivering a good user experience.

Supabase

So why another article? Well, as much as I was being a bit tongue-in-cheek about libraries changing all the time, it certainly seems to be the case with Supabase. Their Next.js Auth Helpers has recently undergone several significant updates, and they are worth talking about.

Supabase: https://github.com/supabase/supabase/pulls?q=is%3Apr+author%...