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Registration for Waza 2013 is now open

The Concourse – San Francisco February 28, 2013

Heroku’s Waza (技), the Japanese word for art and technique, is an immersive one-day developer experience focused on craft. Throughout the event you will find technical sessions with added experiences in music, art and technology. The event features technical sessions, hands-on workshops, great food, and traditional music.

Registration is now open! Tickets are $300.

Last year’s event sold out in a matter of hours. Don’t risk missing …

Rails Security Vulnerability: Update Required

A serious security vulnerability has been found in the Ruby on Rails framework. This exploit affects nearly all applications running Rails and a patch has been made available.

Rails developers can get a full list of all your affected Heroku applications by following instructions here. Please address this security vulnerability by immediately upgrading your affected apps to any of the safe versions of Rails listed below. The following Rails versions have been patched and …

Password Hijacking Security Vulnerability and Response

Heroku recently learned of and resolved a security vulnerability. We want to report this to you, describe how we responded to the incident, and reiterate our commitment to constantly improving the security and integrity of your data and source code.

On December 19, 2012, security researcher Stephen Sclafani notified us of an issue in our account creation system. Using a maliciously-crafted HTTP request, an attacker could change the password of a pre-existing Heroku user account, …

Run JRuby on Heroku: Ruby with JVM-Based Libraries

Over a year ago Heroku launched the Cedar stack and the ability to run Java on our platform. Java is known as a powerful language – capable of performing at large scale. Much of this potential comes from the JVM that Java runs on. The JVM is the stable, optimized, cross-platform virtual machine that also powers other languages including Scala and Clojure. Starting today you can leverage the power of the JVM in your …

Postgres 9.2 – The Database You Helped Build

Hosting your data on one of the largest fleets of databases in the world comes with certain advantages. One of those benefits is that we can aggregate the collective pain points that face our users and work within the Postgres community to help find solutions to them.

In the previous year we worked very closely with the broader Postgres community to build features, fix bugs, and resolve pain points. You've already seen some of the …

Presenting the New Add-ons Site

Heroku Add-ons make it easy for developers to extend their applications with new features and functionality. The Add-on Provider Program has enabled cloud service providers with key business tools, including billing, single sign-on, and an integrated end-user support experience. Since the launch of the Heroku Add-ons site over two years ago, the marketplace has grown to nearly 100 add-ons. As the add-ons ecosystem has grown, we've learned a lot about how cloud service providers structure …

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