Firebase Security Rules deserve better IDE support

The article discusses the limitations of editing Firebase Security Rules in IDEs like Android Studio, where they are treated as plain text. A new plugin called hotrulez provides syntax highlighting, formatting, and structure-aware rule parsing to make editing rules easier. The plugin is free, open-source, and available for IntelliJ-based IDEs. It is useful for developers who maintain larger Firestore rulesets and want basic IDE support without using a paid plugin.