A bigger discussion is that how easy is it for Google to pull the plug, then how is one expected to rely on Google for various cloud solutions they offer. Also recently Google had shut down it's domain service. Gergely had also written a blog about it https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/google-domains-to-shut-do... .
In midst of all this chaos in Google Cloud offering, my questions are:
* Is your company concerned about these changes?
* If yes, then what is the plan of action you guys are planning?
* What are your view on this topic?The Firebase CLI is really good and the platform itself is one of the best for startups focusing on speed and low complexity to get to an MVP.
I guess using services which you can spin up yourself from free software code should be ok.
For me it just isn't worth the risk of working somewhere that uses GCP. The high risk of there being financial issues when google announces something but also just the risk of that completely destroying a roadmap.
It just isn't worth it to me personally.
At a minimum one needs a good abstraction layer to facilitate lift and shift. Docker or k8s etc
It’s also worth pointing out that despite the killed by Google meme, at least in the cloud side of the business they are actually super clear about what will never be on the chopping block and you can rely on so it’s not actually all that surprising or hard to work around in practice.
Source: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/inside-google-cloud/new...
Presumably that stacked towards the less important ones, but still not a good look
https://steve-yegge.medium.com/dear-google-cloud-your-deprec...
I hate that I'm forced to use Firebase to send push notifications and google analytics.