I guess it depends on the need, i was able to hack in 2 proof of concept app some 2 months ago with it. which later end up as production apps. I've been trying

I guess it depends on the need, i was able to hack in 2 proof of concept app some 2 months ago with it. which later end up as production apps. I've been trying to suggest heroku to a friend of mine to use it to introduce ruby/rails to his students since the amount of time to setup an environment is really crazy and sometimes incomprehensible for new students trying to learn ruby/rails.