Migrate to Firebase #5
Description
Right now, we're using MongoDB Atlas for databases and metrics. This works completely fine, but is harder to extend with trigger functions, aggregation, analytics etc. Firebase is an easy-to-use layer on top of GCP, and can be extended with Firebase Functions/Cloud Run on GKE, etc. In the future, authentication mechanisms may be of interest (member profiles/badges/event management/payments) which could easily be set up with Firebase Auth, which is a major motivation behind the switch.
Migration would include the following:
- Migrate events to Firestore
- Migrate registration endpoints
- Set up CI/CD pipeline with config, secrets, etc.
- Redo local development instructions
Needs to be investigated:
- Migrating hosting from Zeit Now
- Replace Now serverless functions with Firebase Functions