Heroku announced a shift to "sustaining engineering model" with no new enterprise contracts, but has since released multiple features (slug size increases, CLI rebuild, SSL improvements), creating confusion about whether the platform is truly in maintenance mode or actively developing.
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Dear Heroku: Uhh What's Going On?
Heroku's declaration of "sustaining engineering" mode conflicts with continued feature releases (slug size increases, CLI rebuild, SSL improvements), signaling muddled strategy about whether the platform is truly in maintenance or still actively invested.
Tuesday, April 7, 2026 12:00 PM UTC2 MIN READSOURCE: Hacker NewsBY sys://pipeline
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