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		lquist on Feb 28, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Atom: Now with pair programming I have used firepad as well as other online collaborative text editors extensively, and believe it to be the best one on the market. Go Firebase!

schrijver on Feb 28, 2014 [–]

Isn’t Firebase an externally hosted database-as-a-service? Seems like a no-go for me in post-Snowden times.

davej on Feb 28, 2014 | [–]

It depends what you're doing with it. If, for example, you're collaborating together on an open-source project then I don't see any problem.

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