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- Last Updated: April 12, 2013
- Richard Schneeman
There has never been a better time to be a programmer. Every day more and more gadgets get connected or over-clocked. Programming is so prevalent that it often goes unnoticed in our daily lives. Whether we're scripting out social presence with IFTTT, or doing taxes with Excel, automation and programming has become an inescapable part of the modern world.
Heroku believes that to invest in our future, we must invest in programming literacy…
- News
- Last Updated: April 05, 2013
- Nicolas Pujol
A dyno, the unit of computing power on Heroku, is a lightweight container running a single user-specified command. Today we’re announcing a dyno with twice the capacity: 2X dynos.
Existing dynos are now called 1X dynos. They come with 512MB of memory and 1x CPU share. They cost $0.05/hr. 2X dynos are exactly what their name implies: 1GB of memory and twice the CPU share for $0.10/hr. To support the growth of current and …
- News
- Last Updated: April 04, 2013
- Craig Kerstiens
Heroku Postgres Databases have been patched
Data is one of the most valuable assets of any company. As a database-as-a-service provider, one of our biggest responsibilities is ensuring your data is kept safe. A few weeks ago, one of the worst security vulnerabilities to date in PostgreSQL was discovered. To address this issue, Heroku deployed a point release upgrade across the entire Heroku Postgres service earlier this week. This resulted in a period of …
- News
- Last Updated: April 12, 2024
- Adam Wiggins
Hi. I’m Adam Wiggins, cofounder and CTO of Heroku.
Heroku has been my life’s work. Millions of apps depend on us, and I take that responsibility very personally.
Recently, Heroku has faced criticism from the hacker community about how our HTTP router works, and about web performance on the platform in general. I’ve read all the public discussions, and have spent a lot of time over the past month talking with our customers about this …
- News
- Last Updated: April 03, 2013
- Mattt Thompson
Heroku has a strong tradition with open source projects. Engineers have dedicated countless hours to the projects that developers count on every day. Open Source Software is in our DNA.
Speaking personally, I’m passionate about building tools like AFNetworking and cupertino, in order to help developers build insanely great experiences for mobile devices. It’s with great pleasure that I introduce something new I’ve been working on:
Helios is an open-source framework that provides essential …
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- Last Updated: March 21, 2013
- Dana Oshiro
When we think of the concept of Waza (技) or "art and technique," it's easy to get caught up in the idea of individual mastery. It's true that works of art are often created by those with great skill, but acquiring that skill is neither solitary nor static. Generations of masters contribute to a canon and it is in that spirit that we built the Heroku platform and the Waza event. This year's Waza was …
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