Juan

Working on documentation

[Frank van Puffelen @puf]

How to perform geoqueries on Firestore (somewhat) efficiently

You can query documents within a certain geographical range from Firestore without depending on geohash values. Read more on how it works, and why it matters. Hint: it's 4x cheaper!

https://t.co/GSHTDAAS3I

[Firebase @Firebase]

Firestore Vector search 🔎

You can now:
🔸 Store vector values in a new field type
🔸 Define indexes on those fields
🔸 Query for K nearest neighbor results

This is perfect for gen AI (RAG) and many other use-cases.

Learn all about it from @puf → https://t.co/aiNJ2whQjG

[Firebase @Firebase]

New series alert! 🚨 We’re excited to introduce a new livestream, #FirebaseAfterHours!

On April 29th, @peterfriese and @NoheDev will share how to call Gemini from a Firestore trigger.

Set a reminder to tune in. → https://t.co/s8uZKaxcXm

[Frank van Puffelen @puf]

This Thursday I'll be live-coding an app at Cloud Next in Las Vegas. If you're at the event, come check it out and say "hi". ☁️⏭️👋

@Firebase @FlutterDev

https://t.co/L5hBjKYaeB

[Firebase @Firebase]

Cache-only Firestore listeners 🎧

🆕 Use a listener that only listens to local cache changes
🎛️ More explicitly determine when to get updates from the server
💸 Take more control of the cost of your Firestore usage

Details with @puf → https://t.co/FHxHDsXxae

[Frank van Puffelen @puf]

🔥Multiple inequalities 💥

Firestore queries can now contain range＆inequality conditions on multiple fields.

This allows for queries that were previously impossible without workarounds.

This also affects query performance＆query cost.

This＆more in 4m
https://t.co/Li1fJhHOnh

[Frank van Puffelen @puf]

This documentation literally *just* got published:

Query with range and inequality filters on multiple fields: https://t.co/CoyKJ07XTj

So get it while it's hot!

[Dmitry Lyalin @LyalinDotCom]

We're working hard to make Generative AI accessible to more devs, so my team did a thing here! With Firebase Extensions you can easily combine Google's Gemini model w/ existing Firestore skills to build a chatbot or test Gemini Multimodal tasks. Go team!

https://t.co/cDKtaxBgBd

[Frank van Puffelen @puf]

The ability to have multiple Firestore databases in a project is now generally available. 🎊

The Firebase SDKs are up-to-date, but the console is still catching up, so use the GCP console for now.

👀 Get the details →
https://t.co/6GoJDRbqsn

[Firebase @Firebase]

Google Cloud 🤝 Firebase

In this video, @puf and @martinomander discuss the top 3 Google Cloud tips for Firebase devs.

Watch 📺 → https://t.co/xT01yKO8sG

[Frank van Puffelen @puf]

🔑 The Firestore key visualizer lets you:

① Visually explore your data structure
② Identify performance issues
③ Understand query behavior

Index scans show writes and reads on Firestore's indexes, and is now generally available.

Watch now →
https://t.co/MZo8ChSeyA

[Guillaume Bernos @BeGuillaume]

The Firestore example running on VisionOS.

You can see that @Firebase is truly serverless, nothing behind it 😂

[Michael Bleigh @mbleigh]

It's 2024 - what are you hoping to see from Firebase this year?

[Juan @JRLtechwriting]

@rbolte @mbleigh Would the heatmaps for indexes help?

https://t.co/t4mOzhO8JJ

[Juan @JRLtechwriting]

@Friar_Murphy We love you uncle PP

[Frank van Puffelen @puf]

🌍 Firestore regions 🔥

Firestore was added to 3 new data centers: Paris, Doha＆Tel Aviv.

It's now available in 28 regional locations across 6 continents.

Watch @puf 🔥→
https://t.co/E7pRhor7mM

[Roman Jaquez @drcoderz]

And another one 😎😅 Yet another exclusive for #F3Prague by yours truly 🙏👍 a custom-made, side-scroller game featuring Dash, powered by @FlutterDev and @Firebase where your phone is the controller 🔥😮
This and more at #F3Prague Gadget Corner 🎉 @rive_app

[Firebase @Firebase]

The Firebase Developers Medium publication features posts written by developers such as yourself. ✍️

And we want to publish your work! Whether you have a killer how-to tutorial or an enlightening case study, send it our way.

[Firebase @Firebase]

Want to build a web application that can handle a lot of traffic? 🚦

Firebase + Cloud Run could make your life easier with integrations that make your app fast, scalable, and reliable. Learn more → https://t.co/hcy77r5Hts