I miss heroku dearly. somewhere at Salesforce there is an exec who killed the product and shifted it to enterprise and is now looking at the vibe coding revolution seeing their opportunity missed.
Render has been excellent replacement, in my experience.
More likely than not they’re probably long gone, or have completely forgotten. The idea that someone out there regrets that decision is laughable. The fact that it’s laughable is sad.
Digital ocean is the answer. You give it a container and off you go.
Fly and Render are what heroku would be if they didn’t stop innovating. And neon db for Postgres.
Why? It is still up, and working just as it used to.
I suspect the people responsible have fully justified to themselves any decisions they made, helped along with any bonuses they got for doing it.