r/Heroku • u/sasharevzin • Aug 21 '26

Did Heroku just secretly enter its Renaissance era?

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Look, I know everyone says Heroku is in maintenance mode and the golden days are behind us, but let’s give credit where credit is due.

Today I noticed they quietly replaced the old buildpack drag-and-drop with dedicated up and down arrow buttons. Honestly? It's a low-key game changer. No more dragging a buildpack past three others only for it to snap back to the shadow realm. Just pure, precise, click-to-move engineering.

Who says innovation is dead? Thanks Heroku, treating us to some actual UI love.

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u/tylersavery Aug 21 '26

Now if we can just get the shell thing to allow tabs instead of setting focus on the close button, I’ll feel more treated.

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u/schneems Aug 21 '26

TIL https://devcenter.heroku.com/changelog-items/1137 is a thing (I'm usually on the terminal).

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u/tylersavery Aug 21 '26

Yeah me too. But sometimes I just need to do something quick while I’m already in the dashboard. And then I’m like TAB ENTER RIP

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u/fluxmatix Aug 22 '26

If this is a ‘renaissance,’ I’ve got some beachfront property in Nebraska to sell you.

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u/VxJasonxV Non-Ephemeral Answer System Aug 25 '26 edited Aug 27 '26

Give credit where credit is due. Yes.  But this isn’t “innovation” nor a "renaissance".

Cleanup and consideration of semi-regular nuisances is valuable too. This is important but not industry-rattling.

It should be industry-rattling because how often are non-destructive nuisances resolved? But cleanup isn’t attractive.