Building a Serverless API With Google, Firebase and PostgreSQL

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Builds a static Middleman site that uses Firebase Functions and the Firebase realtime DB to power a Stripe checkout where the client writes a Stripe token directly to the DB and database-triggered Node functions charge the card, email customers via Drip, and finally replicate to PostgreSQL at compose.com for escape hatch and reporting. Covers rules vs HTTP triggers, admin SDK privileges, a painful recursive email loop bug, and a real-world surprise where analytics billing spiked from $25 to $2,000.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 0:58Robs website
3. 1:30Success and failure
4. 2:38Serverless confusion
5. 3:03Best way to think about serverless
6. 3:37Have you tried
7. 5:14Inspiration
8. 5:54Code
9. 6:18What does this buy
10. 7:43What you get
11. 8:56Why
12. 9:07Service lockin
13. 9:24Internet of Things
14. 9:57Firebase
15. 10:19Firebase Pricing
16. 11:19The Take Away
17. 12:16Use Your Head
18. 12:55Businesses Are Here To Make Money
19. 13:15Volkswagen
20. 13:41GoDaddy
21. 14:07Be Prepared
22. 14:18Trust No One
23. 14:34Fun Stuff
24. 15:03How Does It Run
25. 15:23Authentication
26. 16:22Firebase JSON
27. 16:57Firebase Rules
28. 17:43What are we building
29. 18:05The mental leap
30. 18:41Creating a static site
31. 18:55Using middleman
32. 19:29Static website
33. 20:06Working with Firebase
34. 20:36Stripe Checkout
35. 21:23Firebase Events
36. 22:41Stripe
37. 22:58PCI Compliant
38. 23:18JavaScript
39. 23:52Firebase SDK
40. 24:39Firebase Console
41. 25:03Firebase Data Structure
42. 25:57Firebase Node Code
43. 26:42Pulling Data from Event
44. 27:41Running asynchronous code
45. 28:18Updating the checkout path
46. 28:35Using ViewJS
47. 28:48Using ViewFire
48. 29:19Using Stripe
49. 29:29Writing to Firebase
50. 29:44Firebase Functions
51. 31:09Triggering on Events
52. 32:32Writing to Database
53. 33:15Security
54. 33:51Data Pathway Rules
55. 36:17Validate vs Write
56. 36:38A Whole as a Whole
57. 37:09Option 2 HTTP Events
58. 37:19Option 2 Ajax Post
59. 37:36Option 3 HTTP on Request
60. 38:14Option 4 Using Express
61. 39:00Option 4 Missing Features
62. 39:44Admin Database Ref
63. 40:34HTTP Response
64. 41:16Anonymous Authentication
65. 42:37Notifications
66. 43:00Functions
67. 43:17Drip
68. 43:34Automations
69. 43:44Custom Events
70. 44:42Custom Fields
71. 45:07Admin Backend
72. 45:49Why Am I Doing This
73. 47:22Firebase Authentication
74. 48:10Conclusion

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