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- Last Updated: April 29, 2014
- David Zuelke
The history of PHP is the history of the web. Long-time developers will remember how PHP changed the universe of web development. PHP brought two key innovations to the table when it first launched. First, it was interpreted, which meant you could edit a file in place, then refresh the page and see the result. This quick feedback loop was why so many started with PHP and is still a cornerstone of what makes the …
- News
- Last Updated: April 29, 2014
- Craig Kerstiens
PHP developers are makers at heart. The core strength of PHP has always been in creating a tight feedback cycle between developers and their audiences. That strength is the reason why PHP powers so many of the world’s biggest and best web properties such as Facebook and Etsy. But as developers of those and similar apps know, PHP hasn’t always enjoyed some of the runtime, management or infrastructure elements its peer communities like Ruby on …
- News
- Last Updated: April 11, 2024
- Leigh Honeywell
The announcement earlier this month of the “Heartbleed” bug (CVE-2014-0160) in OpenSSL once again focused attention on the technology used to secure communications on the Internet. Heartbleed was a very serious vulnerability and we moved as quickly as possible to patch systems and eliminate this threat on behalf of our customers.
But security is not just about fire drills, there are many steps that can be taken over time to continually improve security. …
- News
- Last Updated: May 06, 2024
- Sara Dornsife
We love seeing our customers’ successful and gaining recognition for the amazing businesses they are building. So, as you could imagine, we were thrilled to learn that a Heroku customer was featured on ABCs Shark Tank last Friday, with two more being featured over the next couple weeks.
Plated – Aired 4/4 at 9pm ET on ABC
Plated, a New York City-based food/tech company, aims to make it simple and fun for people to create …
- News
- Last Updated: April 10, 2014
- Sara Dornsife
We are really honored to be a part of PyCon again this year. We have a big booth in the expo hall and a bunch of people who are really looking forward to attending and who are there to answer questions, hack on code, troubleshoot, or shoot the ….
While you are in our booth, you can enter to win $500 (in cash or credits) toward the open source-related project, user group, …
- News
- Last Updated: April 08, 2014
- Craig Kerstiens
Yesterday the OpenSSL Project released an update to address the CVE-2014-0160 vulnerability, nicknamed “Heartbleed.” This serious vulnerability affects a substantial number of applications and services running on the internet, including Heroku.
All Heroku users should update their passwords as a precautionary measure. If you are currently running the SSL Endpoint add-on, you should re-key and reissue your certificate and update it as it may have been exposed. As of Tuesday, April 8 at 15:55 …
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