Streaming Data Connectors, Scaling During a Pandemic, and Destigmatizing Mental Health

Read the latest Heroku news and articles, catch a webinar, and discover new podcasts, and more. [View in Browser]( [Heroku Newsletter]( October 2020 newsletter Supporting Our Community 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. [SHIFT Commerce Helps Businesses Respond to the Pandemic →]( As COVID-19 lockdown measures extended from weeks to months, many retailers saw an increased volume in their online stores that resulted in distribution and logistics challenges. Ryan Townsend, CTO of SHIFT Commerce, talks about how his e-commerce platform has helped businesses handle unexpected spikes in traffic. - [[Podcast] Scaling Businesses During a Pandemic (September 24th, 2020) →]( - [Heroku’s COVID-19 Resources →]( Headlines [[Product Launch] Heroku Streaming Data Connectors Are Now Generally Available →]( Capture changes to Postgres data in Apache Kafka on Heroku to drive real-time apps and insights, and simplify adoption of event-driven architectures. [[Webinar] Stream Salesforce Data to Drive Real-Time Apps, Actions, and Insights →]( Hear from our Product and Architect teams on how to use streaming data connectors to implement an event-based architecture and automate common businesses processes triggered by customer events. [[Engineering Blog] Incident Response at Heroku →]( We’ve codified our practices around incident response. Whether you’re just curious about how incident response works at Heroku, or looking to adopt and apply some of these practices for yourself, we hope you find this inside look helpful. [[Engineering Blog] How I Broke `git push heroku main` →]( We take a detailed look at one particular incident, including what happened, how we responded, and the changes we made to avoid the same thing from happening again. [[Webinar] Synchronize Data from Multiple Apps and Salesforce Orgs →]( Learn how to use Heroku Connect to easily aggregate and transform data from multiple apps and Salesforce orgs. [[Customer Blog] How Mobile Apps Can Help the Fitness Industry Survive and Thrive →]( See how Heroku helped a brick-and-mortar business shift to digital. FollowAnalytics created a first-class, gym-at-home experience that helped FITNESS SF weather the pandemic and position the business for a successful reopening. [[Developer Blog] Skip the Infrastructure, Get Straight to Development →]( Building apps on Heroku is like buying a move-in-ready condo versus buying the lumber and building the house yourself. Greg Nokes, Master Technical Architect at Heroku, shares why Heroku is easier to use than infrastructure as a service. [[Architect Blog] Extend Flows with Heroku Compute: An Event-Driven Pattern →]( Learn how event-driven architectures are effective for extending enterprise solutions using Salesforce Flow and Heroku Compute via External Services, enabling declarative builders to customize business logic, or on actions from customer facing apps. You may also enjoy - [Heroku is to IaaS as Apples are to Apple Seeds →]( - [We Need to Make Virtual Dev Conferences Better →]( - [[Podcast] The 12 Factor App with Joe Kutner →]( - [How to Help Hacktoberfest Contributors Become Long-Term Community Members →]( - [What Is a Commit Log and Why Should You Care? →]( - [4 Essential Steps to Convert a Kubernetes Full Stack App to Heroku →]( - [A Full Stack Dev’s First Impressions of the Salesforce Platform, Part 1 →]( - [Building a Time Machine for Salesforce Data, the Easy Way →]( Built on Heroku [THINKMD Delivers a Frontline Healthcare Assessment Platform on Heroku →]( Millions of people around the world have little access to formal healthcare or the internet. Heroku’s scalability, CI/CD tools, and Postgres followers help THINKMD deliver localized, offline-first clinical assessments to remote communities around the world. New Dev Center Articles [Monitoring Heroku Apps →]( Spot issues in advance and respond to incidents quickly by monitoring your apps. Learn about the tools you’ll need to manage logs, errors, performance, and alerts on the Heroku platform. [Monitoring Heroku Postgres →]( Get insight into database performance with automated monitoring for Heroku Postgres. Learn how you can use monitoring tools to spot problems in advance, respond to incidents quickly, and identify the root causes of issues. Code[ish] Podcasts [Special Episode: Scaling Businesses During a Pandemic →]( September 24th, 2020 - Special Episode Find out how SHIFT Commerce transformed the way online retailers do business during the COVID-19 pandemic. [Saving Lives at Scale: Part One →]( September 22nd, 2020 - Episode 89 Meg McLaughlin from THINKMD talks about her organization’s mission to increase global access to healthcare using new and disruptive technologies. [Saving Lives at Scale: Part Two →]( September 29th, 2020 - Episode 90 Alex Broussard discusses the technology behind THINKMD’s mission to deliver clinical healthcare assessments in low bandwidth environments. [Destigmatizing Mental Health →]( October 6th, 2020 - Episode 91 Dr. Mireille Reece, Psychologist, and Adam Stacoviak, Founder and Editor-in-Chief of the Changelog, explore ways to approach initiating conversations around mental health issues. [Strategies for Improving Your Mental Health →]( October 13th, 2020 - Episode 92 Dr. Mireille Reece and Adam Stacoviak are back to talk about techniques that help people to overcome depression and anxiety. [Conferences in a Virtual World →]( October 20th, 2020 - Episode 93 Hear how the organizers of CascadiaJS transitioned their dev conf to a successful virtual event. 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