Heroku Blog
- Engineering
- Last Updated: December 19, 2019
- Ben Fritsch
This blog post is adapted from a lightning talk by Ben Fritsch at Ruby on Ice 2019.
There can be a number of reasons why your application performs poorly, but perhaps none are as challenging as issues stemming from your database. If your database’s response times tend to be high, it can cause a strain on your network and your users’ patience. The usual culprit for a slow database is an inefficient query being executed …
- Engineering
- Last Updated: December 18, 2019
- Julián Duque
This blog post is adapted from a talk given by Julián Duque at NodeConf EU 2019 titled “Let it crash!.”
Before coming to Heroku, I did some consulting work as a Node.js solutions architect. My job was to visit various companies and make sure that they were successful in designing production-ready Node applications. Unfortunately, I witnessed many different problems when it came to error handling, especially on process shutdown. When an error …
Today, many people with diabetes are choosing to manage their condition using devices called continuous glucose monitors (CGMs). Not only do they replace the need for most finger prick testing, but they also provide a stream of data round the clock. However, like all data, it’s only as useful as the tools that analyze it.
That’s where Sugarmate comes in. Created by serial entrepreneur Josh Juster to help manage his own condition, Sugarmate combines a …
- News
- Last Updated: May 14, 2024
- Scott Truitt
Today, we’re thrilled to announce four new trusted data integrations that allow data to flow seamlessly and securely between Heroku and external resources in public clouds and private data centers:
- Heroku Postgres via mutual TLS
- Heroku Postgres via PrivateLink
- Apache Kafka on Heroku via PrivateLink
- Heroku Redis via PrivateLink
These integrations expand Heroku’s security and trust boundary to cover the connections to external resources and the data that passes through them. They enable true multi-cloud …
- Engineering
- Last Updated: October 31, 2019
- Jason Draper
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As an experiment to see how static typing could help improve our team’s Ruby experience, we introduced Sorbet into a greenfield codebase with a team of 4 developers. Our theory was that adding static type checking through Sorbet could help us catch bugs before they go …
- Life
- Last Updated: October 22, 2019
- Anand Gurumurthi
As part of my MBA at Carnegie Mellon University, I enrolled in a Leadership development certificate program. I was given the opportunity to work with an amazing Leadership Coach, (Laura Maxwell). Laura helped me on my journey of “overcoming my fear of failure”. As part of the program, I was able to share my story with the dean, professors, and the leadership development center at CMU. Since this is a rather common experience, …
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