Also want to add that Firebase should definitely do a write-up about their Angelhack sponsorship. We were so impressed by the way that they helped and encouraged everyone there. Andrew, the CEO was giving us advice at 4AM on a Sunday morning! Seriously, these guys are amazing--basically, anytime anyone is building anything real-time, I'm going to refer them to Firebase.
The Hackathon.io website also used utilized Firebase for all the messaging. We really can't stress enough how awesome that team is and how useful their tech is! We didn't do justice to the potential of the system, but the parts we touched were simply a developer's dream! Looking forward to rebuilding the messaging with a deeper integration (and timestamps, sorry everybody!) and some useful goodies
