Switch to another database engine

[timwis]

What's missing from CouchDB:

1. Password reset functionality
2. Invite user functionality
3. Login via another provider (oauth), which may make 1 irrelevant
4. The only real provider is Cloudant. They have a free tier so long as you don't exceed $50/mo, but require you to have a credit card after 30 days.

Considering firebase, kinto, horizon+rethink

[timwis]

Firebase approach:

• Account creation: Admins can create users in the UI. createUserWithEmailAndPassword with a random password, then sendPasswordResetEmail. Also create a record in agents with their new uid.
• Forgot password: sendPasswordResetEmail + confirmPasswordReset
• Login: messages has a .read/.write rule that requires a record exist inside agents or admins with the uid as its key (explanation)

[timwis]

I wonder... What if I just wrote the password reset functionality? Could use that for account activations. Maybe the gap there is narrower than switching everything to firebase.

[timwis]

Wrote the password reset functionality, so closing for now.