Turboku - the Art of Faster Heroku Apps

The article discusses Fly, a platform that enables faster applications by running them around the globe through an edge network optimized for quicker TLS handling. To facilitate moving existing Heroku apps to Fly, "Turboku" has been created, which automatically turns Heroku web dynos into Fly applications. This allows users' requests to be directed to the closest datacenter in the Fly network and improves TLS negotiation times by reducing DNS lookup time and terminating TLS closer to the user. The article also presents benchmark data comparing the performance of Heroku and Fly, showing significant improvements in various stages of connection with Fly.