# Planting New Platform Roots in Cloud Native with Fir

DevFeed: [Planting New Platform Roots in Cloud Native with Fir](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/planting-new-platform-roots-in-cloud-native-with-fir-26486.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.heroku.com/blog/planting-new-platform-roots-cloud-native-fir/>)

Author: Terence Lee

Published: 2024-12-02T14:15:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Heroku](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/heroku.md>)

Topics: [Heroku](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/heroku.md>), [Cloud Native Ecosystem](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud-native-ecosystem.md>), [Buildpacks](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/buildpacks.md>), [Kubernetes](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/kubernetes.md>), [Cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud.md>)

Tags: [buildpacks](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/buildpacks.md>), [cloud-infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud-infrastructure.md>), [cloud-native](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud-native.md>), [developer-tools](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developer-tools.md>), [fir](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/fir.md>), [heroku](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/heroku.md>), [kubernetes](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kubernetes.md>), [news](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/news.md>), [nextgen](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/nextgen.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [opentelemetry](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/opentelemetry.md>), [platform](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/platform.md>), [scalability](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/scalability.md>), [vendor-lock-in](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vendor-lock-in.md>)

## AI overview

Heroku introduces Fir, a new technology stack built on cloud-native technologies and open source standards. The article describes its use of OCI images, Cloud Native Buildpacks, OpenTelemetry, and Kubernetes to support portability, interoperability, scalability, and developer experience.

## Source excerpt

Cloud platforms have come a long way since Heroku first set out to empower developers. Today's cloud native development demands even greater flexibility, openness, and scalability. A fun fact about Heroku is that we use trees to denote the generation of the platform technology stack (aka version). In the tradition of Aspen, Bamboo, and Cedar, [...] The post Planting New Platform Roots in Cloud Native with Fir appeared first on Heroku.