How many Heroku dynos do you need, and which size—An opinionated guide

The ultimate guide to dynos on Heroku. If you’ve ever asked "how many dynos do I need?" or "which dyno type is right for my app?", this is the guide for you.

What is request queue time, and why is it so important?

Request queue time is a key metric for understanding web app performance and scaling. This post explains what it is, how it's calculated, and how you can use it to effectively optimize your app.

How to Use Heroku for Free

This guide covers everything you need to know about using Heroku for free, including free dynos, the free Postgres database plan, and free add-ons.

Quick Tip: Fix ActiveRecord Connection Pool Errors For Good

Connection pool errors are a Rails configuration issue (not a database issue). Some simple configuration steps will fix these errors almost entirely.

Using Heroku Preboot for Zero-Downtime Deploys

Are zero-downtime deploys worth the trade-offs? This post explores the real-world advantages and gotchas with Heroku Preboot.

Easy Deployment Using Heroku Pipelines

Learn how Heroku Pipelines will streamline your multi-environment (staging & production) deployment workflows.

Power tools for analyzing your Heroku logs

Extract fields and perform aggregations on your Heroku logs. All in real-time, with beautiful, human-readable output.

Launch: Autoscaling Sidekiq on Heroku

Autoscaling for worker dynos is live for all Rails Autoscale customers at no extra cost.

Start with One Customer

I’ve had many side projects over the years. An app to find a local photographer, an app for writers, an app for printing photos… the list goes on and on. Unfortunately, none of these side projects ever even made it off the ground. 😳 Sound familiar?

Six Tips for Mastering your Procfile

At it simplest, the Procfile is where you declare the one or more processes to be run for your app to function. Heroku’s docs do a great job of explaining the Procfile format, so this post will focus on a bit more advanced usage.