Alvin Lee

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The Human Side of Logs: What Unstructured Data Is Trying to Tell You

Metrics show what happened. Unstructured data shows why. In this article, we learn why we don’t just ignore the messy signals.

May 9, 2025

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From Concept to Cloud: Building With Cursor and the Heroku MCP Server

In this article, I used Cursor and Heroku’s MCP Server to build and deploy a SvelteKit app entirely through prompts—no CLI, just AI.

April 22, 2025

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Deploying a Scala Play Application to Heroku: A Step-by-Step Guide

Learn to deploy a Scala Play REST API to Heroku with minimal setup using sbt, a custom Procfile, and a few config tweaks.

April 8, 2025

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Have You Heard About Cloud Native Buildpacks?

Build OCI images without a Dockerfile using Cloud Native Buildpacks. Automate best practices, enhance security, and streamline deployment effortlessly.

March 10, 2025

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FastHTML and Heroku

Learn how to build and deploy a FastHTML app in just a few minutes. Gain knowledge of FastHTML and deploying to Heroku in this tutorial.

January 14, 2025

· 4,405 Views

Enhancing GenAI Applications With KubeMQ: Efficiently Scaling Retrieval-Augmented Generation

Achieve efficiency and reliability in your GenAI RAG workflows with KubeMQ for seamless message handling and FalkorDB for fast, scalable data storage/retrieval.

December 10, 2024

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Deploying Kafka With Kubernetes: A Complete Guide

Learn how to effectively deploy and manage Kafka on Kubernetes with our comprehensive guide. Discover best practices, tips, and tools to optimize your streaming applications.

Updated December 5, 2024

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Playwright and Chrome Browser Testing in Heroku

This blog will show you how to run automated end-to-end Playwright tests for your React app with Headless Chrome on Heroku.

December 3, 2024

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Wow, pnpm, You’re Really Fast

Learn how to use pnpm on Heroku, explore its storage and speed benefits, and see why it’s an ideal choice for Node.js developers. Get started with this guide.

November 6, 2024

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Ending Microservices Chaos: How Architecture Governance Keeps Your Microservices on Track

Explore tools to regain control of microservices with architecture governance to boost scalability, reduce complexity, and maintain system resiliency.

October 24, 2024

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Custom Domains for HTTP/2 on Heroku

Learn how to set up a custom domain with HTTPS on Heroku in just a few minutes and take advantage of HTTP/2 support for better site performance.

October 10, 2024

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Node.js Walkthrough: Build a Simple Event-Driven Application With Kafka

Build a real-time event-driven app with Node.js and Kafka on Heroku. Follow this step-by-step guide to set up, deploy, and manage your application efficiently.

June 27, 2024

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Take Your First Steps for Building on LLMs With Google Gemini

Learn to build an LLM application using the Google Gemini API and deploy it to Heroku. This guide walks you through setup, code, and deployment step-by-step.

June 5, 2024

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I Built an App With Remix in 30 Minutes

Discover how to build and deploy a fast Remix app in under 30 minutes. Learn about Remix's features and quick Heroku deployment in this hands-on guide.

May 23, 2024

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How You Can Use Logs To Feed Security

Learn how to leverage logs with tools and AI to enhance security, detect threats, manage costs, and capture all your data for proactive threat prevention.

May 14, 2024

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How To Implement RAG: A Simple Walkthrough

Learn how to enhance your LLMs with retrieval-augmented generation, using LlamaIndex and LangChain for data context, deploying your application to Heroku.

April 8, 2024

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I Built My First Go Application and Deployed It to Heroku

In this tutorial, we'll learn to build and deploy a Go web service to Heroku, showcasing the ease of use, speed, and power of Golang for modern web services.

March 25, 2024

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LangChain, Python, and Heroku

In this tutorial, learn how to build and deploy LLM-based applications with ease using LangChain, Python, and Heroku for streamlined development and deployment.

March 18, 2024

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Understanding the New SEC Rules for Disclosing Cybersecurity Incidents

… and what this means for your incident detection and response.

December 2, 2023

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Be a Better Team Player

Many API developers are familiar with Postman. Though I use it extensively for solo dev work, we know what Postman brings to the table for team API development.

November 21, 2023

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Moving To Capability-Based Security With Flow: A Critical Evolution in Blockchain Security

Walk through capability-access control, part of the Flow blockchain, which facilitates selective access to resources, decentralizing large attack vectors.

November 10, 2023

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Path-Based Routing in Render With Kong API Gateway

When deploying microservices to Render, use path-based routing as a workaround to leverage an API gateway.

Updated October 27, 2023

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A Better Web3 Experience: Account Abstraction From Flow (Part 2)

Walletless dApps from Flow use account abstraction to improve the web3 user experience. In part two, we walk through how to build the front end for this dApp.

September 20, 2023

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A Better Web3 Experience: Account Abstraction From Flow (Part 1)

Walletless dApps from Flow use account abstraction to improve the web3 user experience. In part one, we walk through how to build the backend for this dApp.

September 15, 2023

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Extracting Maximum Value From Logs

Logging for observability across languages, frameworks, and packages is challenging. A thoughtful approach to log design, metrics, and retention will help.

August 25, 2023

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Ethereum and EVM Traces Explained

Understanding Ethereum transactions on your smart contracts is limited. EVM traces from Infura's Trace API give you information for debugging and analysis.

June 9, 2023

· 3,690 Views · 1 Like

Improve Your Data Solution Efficiency With Stream Processing

Today's data solutions—handling myriad data sources and massive data volume—are expensive. Stream processing reduces costs and brings real-time scalability.

May 16, 2023

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