Last month, Heroku announced the beta release of Router 2.0, the new Common Runtime router!

As part of our commitment to infrastructure modernization, Heroku is making upgrades to the Common Runtime routing layer. The beta release of Router 2.0 is an important step along this journey. We’re excited to give you an inside look at all we’ve been doing to get here.

In both the Common Runtime and Private Spaces, the Heroku router is responsible for serving requests to customers’ web dynos. In 2024, Router 2.0 will replace the existing Common Runtime router. We’re being transparent about this project so that you, our customers, are motivated to try out Router 2.0 now, while it’s in beta. As...

We’re pleased to introduce the pgvector extension on Heroku Postgres. In an era where large language models (LLMs) and AI applications are paramount, pgvector provides the essential capability for performing high-dimensional vector similarity searches. This allows Heroku Postgres to quickly find similar data points in complex data, which is great for applications like recommendation systems and prompt engineering for LLMs. As of today, pgvector is fully compatible with all Production-tier databases running Postgres 15 at no additional charge and you can get started with a simple CREATE EXTENSION vector; command in your client session. In this post, we look at how you can use pgvector and...

At Heroku, we’re on a mission to continuously improve our products and services to provide the best possible customer experience. Feedback is at the heart of our innovation, and we’re excited to highlight the Heroku User Research Program. Through this initiative, our customers provide feedback, test new features, and share their insights directly with our product teams.

Your Participation Matters

Since we introduced this program in April 2023, we’ve made significant strides to enhance our product offerings and engage more effectively with you. Here’s a glimpse of the impact we’ve achieved together in just six months:

• 60+ in-depth interviews with unique customers
• Three large-scale UX...

In May 2023, we announced our limited release of two new Heroku Private Spaces regions: India (Mumbai) and Canada (Montreal). This month, we’re announcing the full general availability of those two regions, along with new Heroku Private Spaces regions for the United Kingdom (London) and Singapore. This expansion enables customers to maintain greater control over where their data is stored and processed. These four new regions fully support Heroku Private Spaces, Heroku Shield Private Spaces, Heroku Postgres, Apache Kafka on Heroku, Heroku Key-Value Store, Heroku Connect, and most Heroku Add-ons.

Private Spaces provide a dedicated virtual network environment for running Heroku...

While it's not our usual approach to announce hiring updates on our product blog, we're pleased to share our ongoing dedication to improving the Heroku experience.

Focused Growth and Progress

Heroku is entering a new phase of investment, and as a part of this initiative, we are opening up new positions for individuals who would like to join us in driving this effort. Our goal is to expand our offerings across the platform, catering to both our customers and ecosystem partners.

Our mission remains clear: we aim to assist developers in creating their best code yet, enabling them to build more substantial and AI-enabled applications. Similarly, for our partners, we're dedicated...