Easy, scalable backends for Android developers

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Firebase is presented as a fast serverless backend for Android: use Cloud Functions (NodeJS TypeScript/JavaScript, Firebase CLI, callable functions that auto-send ID tokens) for easiest setup and event triggers from Firestore/auth/storage, or use Cloud Run (Docker + Ktor) to run Kotlin/JVM jars if reusing JVM libraries. Deploy with firebase deploy or gcloud build/ gcloud beta run deploy. Key numbers: pay-per-invocation, scale-to-zero, 1,000 max function instances, Cloud Run can handle ~80 concurrent requests per instance. Testing via local emulator and unit test libs.

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1. 0:00Introduction and speaker background
2. 1:05Challenges of backend development
3. 4:51Serverless computing benefits
4. 7:21Cloud Functions overview
5. 13:41Writing HTTP functions in TypeScript
6. 15:48Callable functions for Android
7. 18:32Event triggers with Cloud Functions
8. 23:05Cloud Functions for Firebase summary
9. 24:51Cloud Run introduction
10. 28:40Building Kotlin backend for Cloud Run
11. 32:30Choosing between Cloud Functions and Cloud Run
12. 34:16Scaling and cost in serverless
13. 36:07Q&A session

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