our Startup Weekend project - autoscale your Heroku dynos & workers
Startup Weekend just started in our city and we thought we'll build a Heroku autoscaler that really works, and saves you not only from slowly building traffic but from the slashdot effect as well.<p>Those who tried out ddollar's gem (and all forks of it) or even Heroscale know that the problem's not so trivial to solve.<p>We hope people will get it, and pay a small monthly fee to save many days of inrastructure coding so they can focus on business logic instead.<p>URL is: http://scalefu.com/
our Startup Weekend project - autoscale your Heroku dynos & workers launched on March 25, 2011 with 16 votes, #57 of 272 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 15 years on.
In plain words
This tool automatically scales Heroku dynos and workers based on traffic patterns, protecting applications from sudden demand spikes and gradual growth. Built during a Startup Weekend, it addresses limitations in existing autoscaling solutions by providing reliable, hands-off infrastructure management. The service is designed for Heroku users who want to reduce infrastructure complexity and focus development efforts on application logic rather than server management.
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