Streaming Data Connector, Container and Runtime Performance Improvements, and More

Read the latest Heroku news and articles, watch webinars, and discover new add-ons, podcasts, and more. [View in Browser]( [Heroku Newsletter]( July 2020 newsletter COVID-19 Resources During this challenging time, we’ll continue to share some of the many resources available from the Salesforce family. We hope you find them useful or inspiring. [[Podcast] Special Episode: When Giving Back Saves 1000s of Jobs →]( Find out how MX Technologies partnered with the US government to distribute billions of dollars in loans to small businesses affected by COVID-19. [[Podcast] Special Episode: Giving Back in Today’s World →]( Discover how Softgiving’s unique philanthropy model pairs influencers with charities and helps them set up campaigns on their livestreams. [[Life Blog] How a Live Tutoring Platform Helps the Working World Get Ahead →]( Millions of people learn English on Cambly with live tutors who have a similar professional background. When COVID-19 hit, more people suddenly had more time to practice. - [Heroku’s COVID-19 Resources →]( Headlines [[Product Announcement] Introducing Streaming Data Connector Beta →]( Effortlessly capture Heroku Postgres changes in Apache Kafka on Heroku to build real-time streaming architectures and unlock insights. [[Product Announcement] Container and Runtime Performance Improvements →]( Learn about the performance enhancements that we have recently rolled out to the apps running in Private Spaces. [[Engineering Blog] Making Time to Save You Time: How We Sped Up Time-Related Syscalls on Dynos →]( Read the story of how Heroku Engineering diagnosed and tuned time-related syscalls, improving performance for all Heroku Dynos. [[AMA] Cloud Native Buildpacks with Terence Lee and Joe Kutner →]( Tune in on July 28th, 2pm PDT to our AMA on Hackernoon. You’ll have the opportunity to ask questions about Cloud Native Buildpacks and how we use them at Salesforce and Heroku. [[Engineering Blog] A Fast Car Needs Good Brakes: How We Added Client Rate Throttling to the Platform API Gem →]( Heroku Platform Engineer, Richard Schneeman, walks through the steps he took to significantly improve the rate throttling algorithm used by the Platform API Gem. [[Customer Webinar] How Wunderman Thompson Built a Digital Experience on Heroku in 5 days →]( Wunderman Thompson built Sofa Sets, the world’s first data-driven virtual music festival, in five days to help slow the spread of COVID-19. [[Customer Webinar] How to Quickly Build Mobile Apps to Connect with Customers →]( FollowAnalytics helped Fitness SF, a small and growing business, to better connect, communicate, and support their customers by building a mobile app. [[Engineering Blog] Ground Control to Major TOML: Why Buildpacks Use a Most Peculiar Format →]( Learn why the Cloud Native Buildpack project chose to use TOML as their primary configuration format for buildpacks. [[Notice] TLS v1.0/v1.1 End Of Life Schedule →]( We are beginning our transition off of TLS v1.0/v1.1. Read about the important changes that will be made between now and our target date for end of life support: July 31st, 2021. [Take the Salesforce Developer Survey →]( Let us know how we’re doing — your feedback will help us improve the Salesforce developer experience and content. The survey is open to all developers, and it closes on August 9th, 2020 at 12am PDT. [Heroku’s Official YouTube Channel →]( Looking for some quick tutorials of how to deploy your app to Heroku? Visit our official channel on YouTube and watch a range of helpful videos. 日本語の動画も沢山ございます。 You may also enjoy - [Create a Random Board Game Generator Using Microservices on Heroku →]( - [Cheapskate’s Journey to On-Demand Load Tests on Heroku with Locust →]( - [Special Offer for Students:]( Heroku has an exciting learning and growth offer for students registered with the GitHub Student Developer Pack. Students receive one Hobby dyno for up to two years (valued at $84/year) at no charge. Add-on Marketplace Beta Add-ons [Loadmill - One-Click Test Automation →]( Move fast without breaking things with API testing built for Heroku. Built on Heroku [Heroku Enables Dovetail to Deliver (and Fund) Scalable Solutions for High-Growth Startups →]( Part agency, part investment fund, Dovetail put Heroku at the core of a repeatable tech stack that allows them to quickly build, launch, and scale apps — from MVP to hypergrowth. [Cambly Scales to Serve Millions of Language Learners on Heroku →]( Heroku’s flexibility and simplified ops enabled Cambly to quickly launch and grow a global-first business. [GNAR Transforms Rail Yard Operations with an IoT platform on Heroku →]( Learn how the agency used Apache Kafka on Heroku, Heroku Postgres, and Heroku Redis to deliver a real-time view of site activity. New Dev Center Articles [Ruby Shebang Directives in Binstubs →]( Learn how to identify and correct errors in Ruby shebang directives (those mysterious lines that look like `#!/usr/bin/env ruby`). Code[ish] Podcasts [When Giving Back Saves 1000s of Jobs →]( June 25th, 2020 - Special Episode Find out how MX Technologies partnered with the US government to distribute billions of dollars in loans to small businesses affected by COVID-19. [Celebrating Our Pride →]( July 2nd, 2020 - Special Episode Hear from four LGBTQ+ speakers about how they turned Pride from celebration to activism. [Giving Back in Today’s World →]( July 9th, 2020 - Special Episode Discover how Softgiving’s unique philanthropy model pairs influencers with charities and helps them set up campaigns on their livestreams. [How Dev.to Built a Community →]( June 30th, 2020 - Episode 74 Learn how Dev.to has grown to become the "social network for developers." [gRPC →]( July 7th, 2020 - Episode 75 We’ll explore the capabilities of gRPC, a modern way for clients and servers to reliably communicate. [The W3C and Standardizing the Web →]( July 14th, 2020 - Episode 76 Tobie Langel, a member of the W3C, explains how HTML, CSS, and JavaScript standards have evolved. [Voices of Native and Indigenous People in Tech →]( July 16th, 2020 - Episode 77 Amelia Winger-Bearskin talks about her work to amplify the voices of indigenous peoples in the tech industry. [Changing Culture Through Technology →]( July 21st, 2020 - Episode 78 Find out more about how PensionBee uses its tech to innovate on its company culture. [Salesforce + Heroku]( Salesforce 415 Mission Street, 3rd Floor San Francisco, CA 94105 [Update your email preferences]( [Privacy]( [Heroku Blog]( [Code[ish] Podcasts]( [Heroku Twitter]( [Heroku on Instagram]( [Heroku on YouTube]( [Heroku on Facebook]( [Heroku on GitHub]( [Heroku on LinkedIn](