June 2007
Heroku founded
Adam Wiggins, James Lindenbaum, and Orion Henry founded HerokuA platform-as-a-service for deploying web applications — popular for Ruby, Node, and early cloud apps. in June 2007 — a platform-as-a-service for deploying RubyA dynamic language emphasizing developer happiness — Rails made it the default for web startups in the 2000s. apps with git push.
What it was for
HerokuA platform-as-a-service for deploying web applications — popular for Ruby, Node, and early cloud apps. abstracted servers behind `git push heroku master`: dynos, buildpacks, and add-ons for Postgres, RedisAn in-memory data store — used for caching, queues, pub/sub, and real-time features., and logging. Developers stopped provisioning VMs and focused on code. The model influenced Cloud Foundry, Render, Fly.io, and how teams think about twelve-factor apps — even after Salesforce acquired HerokuA platform-as-a-service for deploying web applications — popular for Ruby, Node, and early cloud apps. in 2010.
People
- Adam Wiggins — co founder
- James Lindenbaum — co founder
- Orion Henry — co founder
Companies
- Heroku
Why it's here
HerokuA platform-as-a-service for deploying web applications — popular for Ruby, Node, and early cloud apps. pioneered developer-friendly PaaS with git-based deploys and managed runtimes.
Why it mattered
It proved many teams would trade server control for faster shipping on a managed platform.
What it solved
Small teams could not afford dedicated ops staff but still needed reliable production hosting.
Media
- ImageHeroku
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