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IronWorker for Indie Hackers

By Korak | March 7, 2023

At Iron.io, we love working with indie hackers who are building and marketing products that solve real-world problems. We understand…

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Background jobs on Heroku

Processing Twilio on Heroku with Iron Worker

By Nick | November 1, 2021

Did you know that you can use Twilio to send out all of your emails? But in order to do…

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Heroku task processing plugin

By Nick | October 30, 2021

Heroku provides a convenient environment for users to develop and deploy their applications. Born in 2007, the cloud provider has…

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worker dynos vs worker add-ons

Worker Dynos vs Worker add-ons

By Nick | October 4, 2021

Heroku is a cloud platform offered as a service. It lets you deploy and manage applications without worrying about the…

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Sending emails from Heroku Apps

Sending emails from Heroku Apps

By Nick | September 27, 2021

Almost any modern application has the function of sending emails. You can send personalized email notifications to your customers, as…

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Notifications in web apps: Mailgun and Twilio on Heroku

Notifications in web apps: Mailgun and Twilio on Heroku

By Nick | September 20, 2021

In web applications, sending and receiving notifications is an important feature among many functionalities. With notification features, you can quickly…

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Message Queuing on Heroku

Message Queuing on Heroku

By Nick | September 20, 2021

If you are looking for a way to efficiently exchange information between different services, then message queues are exactly what…

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Asynchronous Task Processing With Heroku

Asynchronous Task Processing With Heroku

By Nick | September 13, 2021

Before exploring Asynchronous Task Processing With Heroku, we must understand what Asynchronous task processing is.  Asynchronous means you can execute…

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Know All About Autoscaling On Heroku

Know All About Autoscaling On Heroku

By Nick | September 13, 2021

Autoscaling is a method used to manage the traffic on the network. When the outbound traffic on average is higher…

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Asynchronous Task Processing in Cloud

Asynchronous Task Processing in Cloud

By Nick | September 13, 2021

When you have an application that processes data with sizes ranging from small to large and if your system processes…

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Task scheduling on Heroku

Task scheduling on Heroku

By Nick | September 6, 2021

Table of Contents Task Scheduling Overview Simple Job Scheduling Custom Clock Processes Clock Processes on Heroku Add-ons Language Support Advantages…

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Best alternative Hosted Message Queue service

Best Alternative Hosted Message Queue Service

By Nick | September 6, 2021

What is a Message Queue? A message queue is a part of messaging processing systems that allows data interchange between…

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