Are you referring to Firebase's Realtime Database (often just called "Firebase" ...

lucasmullens on Jan 16, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Firebase as a React Hook

Are you referring to Firebase's Realtime Database (often just called "Firebase" since it was the core feature for so long) or Firebase's Cloud FireStore? FireStore is much better (scales more and has more query support) and covers pretty much the same use-case.