The latest articles on DEV Community by Sai Praneeth Bhattu (@sai_praneeth_bhattu). https://dev.to/sai_praneeth_bhattu https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F3769740%2Fed168e47-0272-4316-bbc4-eded7c31ddf5.jpg https://dev.to/sai_praneeth_bhattu en Sai Praneeth Bhattu Thu, 12 Feb 2026 23:02:36 +0000 https://dev.to/sai_praneeth_bhattu/herokus-changing-direction-375b https://dev.to/sai_praneeth_bhattu/herokus-changing-direction-375b <p>On February 6, 2026, Heroku’s leadership, headed by Nitin T. Bhat, declared a major strategic shift. The platform is now officially going into a "Sustaining Engineering Model." Sustaining engineering, in corporate buzzword language, means one thing: Maintenance Mode.</p> <p><strong>What’s Actually Changing?</strong></p> <p>If you’re currently using Heroku to power your apps, relax... your site won’t go down anytime soon. But the product roadmap is effectively going into stasis:</p> <p><strong>No New Features:</strong> That’s right, the entire focus is now stability, security, and "keeping the lights on."</p> <p><strong>No New Enterprise Customers:</strong> That means no more Enterprise Account contracts for new sign-ups through Salesforce.</p> <p><strong>Existing Customers:</strong> So if you’re already a subscriber via a credit card or existing Enterprise contract, you’re good to go, nothing changes for you.</p> <p><strong>The AI Pivot:</strong> That means the engineering resources will now be focused on Agentforce and enterprise-grade AI infrastructure.</p> <p>Article Link: <a href="https://www.heroku.com/blog/an-update-on-heroku/" rel="noopener noreferrer">An Update on Heroku</a></p> heroku autodevops news