[HN Gopher] The Story of Heroku [audio]
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       The Story of Heroku [audio]
        
       Author : tosh
       Score  : 32 points
       Date   : 2022-11-13 15:59 UTC (1 days ago)
        
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       | whit537 wrote:
       | TIL Heroku v1 was a web editor like Replit or Codespaces, and
       | they had a side feature to import an existing app as a ZIP file
       | and people were using that for easy deploys even if they didn't
       | use the editor. Also TIL "folk practice."
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       | > We sometimes call this a "folk practice" in the product design
       | world, which is the idea of someone's using something in a way
       | that is not really quite how it was intended or designed for but
       | they're pointing the way towards their true problems.
        
       | _boffin_ wrote:
       | I'm currently listening to this. At a few points, they talk about
       | competitors and seem to have difficulty finding too many to
       | mention.
       | 
       | I'm a bit surprised MS OneNote isn't mentioned as a collaborative
       | infinite canvas. Maybe I just haven't gotten to that part.
        
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