---
title: "Issue 106: The latest Web operations, scaling, and performance news"
publication: "StatusCode Weekly"
issue: 106
published_at: "2017-03-08"
canonical_url: "https://weekly.statuscode.com/issues/106"
---

WebOps Weekly 106   . 

The latest Web operations, HTTP, and Web performance news -[Read this on the Web](http://webopsweekly.com/issues/106) 

[![WebOps Weekly\](http://webopsweekly.com/images/webops-header.png)](http://webopsweekly.com) Issue 106 — March 8, 2017     

[Five Serverless Architecture Design Patterns](https://thenewstack.io/serverless-architecture-five-design-patterns/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) tutorial Amazon Web Services is seeing five predominant usage patterns for its[Lambda](https://aws.amazon.com/lambda/) serverless service, according to a recent presentation. The New Stack [Google Cloud Container Builder Released](https://cloudplatform.googleblog.com/2017/03/Google-Cloud-Container-Builder-a-fast-and-flexible-way-to-package-your-software.html?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) news A stand-alone tool for building container images in a fast and consistent way regardless of the eventual deployment environment. Google Cloud Platform [Securitybot: Open Sourcing Automated Security at Scale](https://blogs.dropbox.com/tech/2017/02/meet-securitybot-open-sourcing-automated-security-at-scale/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) tools Dropbox has open sourced a chat bot it uses for distributing security alerts raised by its monitoring systems. [GitHub repo.](https://github.com/dropbox/securitybot) Dropbox [Practical Scalability Analysis with the Universal Scalability Law](https://www.vividcortex.com/resources/universal-scalability-law/?utm_campaign=WebOps%20Weekly&utm_source=ppc) This eBook introduces scalability analysis using Dr. Gunther’s Universal Scalability Law, which models & predicts how systems perform, & illustrates deep truths about scalability. This book outlines why systems fail to scale well what to do about it. Vivid Cortexsponsored[![\](https://copm.s3.amazonaws.com/2202f675.png)](https://www.vividcortex.com/resources/universal-scalability-law/?utm_campaign=WebOps%20Weekly&utm_source=ppc) [From Monolith to Microservices](https://blog.poki.com/from-monolith-to-microservices-b16bae1d6c9d?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) story Based on experiences scaling a 30+ million player gaming platform, some thoughts on microservices, container orchestration and scaling. Poki Engineering [Summary of February 28th's Amazon S3 Service Disruption](https://aws.amazon.com/message/41926/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) story A 5 hour S3 outage was [last week’s](http://webopsweekly.com/issues/105) big news, and now Amazon has done a post mortem of what caused it. Amazon Web Services, Inc.​ [Ansible Container: Playbooks as the Sole Build and Management Tool](https://thenewstack.io/ansible-container-playbooks-sole-build-management-tool/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) news Ansible Container is an open source project for building Docker images and orchestrating containers using only [Ansible](https://github.com/ansible/ansible)playbooks. The New Stack [Facebook on Designing 100G Optical Connections](https://code.facebook.com/posts/1633153936991442/designing-100g-optical-connections/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) story Facebook has upgraded its data centers to run at 100Gbps which has required some creative work on optical transceivers. Facebook Code [From dotCloud to Docker](http://jpetazzo.github.io/2017/02/24/from-dotcloud-to-docker/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) story Docker was born at dotCloud, a PaaS company. This post digs into how Docker originated and how it turned into what it is today. Jérôme Petazzoni [Microsoft Pledges to Use ARM Server Chips, Threatening Intel's Dominance](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-03-08/microsoft-pledges-to-use-arm-server-chips-threatening-intel-s-dominance?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) news The software maker seeks to cut costs in its Azure cloud business by developing new hardware. Bloomberg Technology Jobs [QA Automation Engineer at X-Team (Remote)](https://x-team.com/qa-automation-engineer/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=web-ops-march-8-17) We're looking for a QA Automation Engineer with an extensive knowledge of automation frameworks. We are 100% remote and we provide the funding needed to help you achieve your goals and grow. X-Team [Site Reliability Engineer Zürich, Switzerland](https://www.centralway.com/de/careers/open-positions/details#okWf4fwj) You will have front-to-back engineering and management ownership for our infrastructure (AWS, Firewalls, VPN, Confluence, Splunk, Jenkins..) Centralway Numbrs In brief [Visual Studio 2017 Released](https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/03/20-years-in-the-making-visual-studio-2017-is-faster-leaner-devops-ier/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) news Improved Git integration, simplifier Azure deployment, and Docker container generation. Ars Technica [AMD Prepares 32-Core Naples CPUs for Servers: Coming in Q2](http://www.anandtech.com/show/11183/amd-prepares-32-core-naples-cpus-for-1p-and-2p-servers-coming-in-q2?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) news AMD could be giving Intel a serious run for its money later this year. AnandTech [AWS SNS Now Offers Dedicated Short Codes for Sending High-Volume SMS Messages](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-send-high-volume-sms-messages-from-dedicated-short-codes/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) news Supports up to 100 texts per second. Not cheap but it’s competitive. Amazon [DNSimple DNSSEC Support Now in Beta](https://blog.dnsimple.com/2017/03/dnssec-beta-launch/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) news DNSimple [Let's Encrypt Now Most Popular TLS Certificate Issuer](https://nettrack.info/ssl_certificate_issuers.html?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) news NetTrack [Linode Cloud Hosting brings unmatched virtual performance at great prices.](https://welcome.linode.com/webopsweekly/?utm_source=cooperpress&utm_medium=email&utm_term=webops-weekly&utm_campaign=webops-weekly-sponsored) tools Get full root access on any Linux distribution you want for only $10 per month, all with SSD storage included. Linodesponsored [How to Build A Scaleable Crawler to Crawl A Million Pages](https://medium.com/@tonywangcn/how-to-build-a-scaleable-crawler-to-crawl-million-pages-with-a-single-machine-in-just-2-hours-ab3e238d1c22?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) tutorial …with a single machine in just two hours. Tony Wang [Thinking Serverless — Addressing Security Issues](http://highscalability.com/blog/2017/3/6/part-4-of-thinking-serverless-addressing-security-issues.html?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) tutorial High Scalability [Starting with Kubernetes on Google Container Engine](http://pminkov.github.io/blog/starting-with-kubernetes-on-google-container-engine.html?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) tutorial Petko Minkov [2 Common Used System Calls Are ~77% Slower on AWS EC2](https://blog.packagecloud.io/eng/2017/03/08/system-calls-are-much-slower-on-ec2/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) story Specifically `gettimeofday` and`clock_gettime`. PackageCloud [Don't Write Off the AWS S3 Outage as a Fat-Finger Folly](https://thenewstack.io/dont-write-off-aws-s3-outage-fat-finger-folly/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) opinion Lee Atchison [Try Codeship Basic: simple hosted CI that works out of the box](https://codeship.com/features/basic?utm_source=email-sponsorship&utm_medium=cpc-webops-weekly-secondary&utm_campaign=cooper-basic-features-signup-campaign) tools Get set up with our hosted Continuous Integration service in under 3 minutes. Join thousands of customers like InvisionApp and Whole Foods. Codeshipsponsored [EC2 Price API: Available Both on the Web and HTTP API](http://www.ec2-price.info/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) tools You can use it via a simple unauthenticated request (e.g. with curl). A Tua Prima [AWS Health Tools](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/announcing-the-aws-health-tools-repository/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) tools Tools to help you build automation and customized alerts in response to AWS Health events. Amazon [An AMP (Accelerated Mobile Pages) Validator You Can cURL](https://blog.cloudflare.com/amp-validator-api/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) tools Cloudflare Blog [Easy LDAP: A Dockerized LDAP Server + Basic Web Admin](https://github.com/aster1sk/easyldap/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) tools github.​com    [Read this issue on the Web](http://webopsweekly.com/issues/106) [See our archives](http://webopsweekly.com/issues) [Change your email address](*|UPDATE_PROFILE|*)  [Stop getting this newsletter](*|UNSUB|*)  

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