http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11459475/should-i-check-in-node-modules-to-git-when-creating-a-node-js-app-on-heroku http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11459

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11459475/should-i-check-in-node-modules-to-git-when-creating-a-node-js-app-on-heroku http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11459475/should-i-check-i... That might not be your specific problem, but I'm guessing a few people have this problem today. I'm glad I check my libraries into my local repository :) Using a local fall-back for popular libraries hosted on cdns is a good idea too. To be fair, I don't do it because I think it's stupid not to, I do it because I often work on my laptop while travelling and have to be able to continue to work without an internet connection :)