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I essentially earned a college degree’s worth of languages/frameworks (Ruby, Node ecosystems) on free Heroku instances, and I owe my career to it. Other commen

I essentially earned a college degree’s worth of languages/frameworks (Ruby, Node ecosystems) on free Heroku instances, and I owe my career to it. Other comments speak to this point as well. There’s probably a generation of us who completed some blog/O’Reilly “curriculum” involving Heroku > Digital Ocean > AWS > etc. I never paid Heroku a dime and, after everything has shaken out, I don’t know why I would start now.

charles_kaw 4y ago
> I never paid Heroku a dime and, after everything has shaken out, I don’t know why I would start now. Well, that's the problem, isn't it? They provided a valuable service to lots of people on their own dime, and saw no reward for it. Now they've been bought by a large player who, presumably, wants their infra and expertise.
- daenz 4y ago
  >and saw no reward for it That doesn't necessarily follow. Good will towards developers goes a long way. It helps build reputations and encourages referrals.
  - davidguetta 4y ago
    "We'll pay you in exposure"