--- title: "Issue 17: The latest Web operations, scaling, and performance news" publication: "StatusCode Weekly" issue: 17 published_at: "2015-06-03" canonical_url: "https://weekly.statuscode.com/issues/17" --- WebOps Weekly 17 . The latest Web operations, HTTP, and Web performance news -[Read this on the Web](http://webopsweekly.com/issues/17) [![WebOps Weekly\](http://webopsweekly.com/images/webops-header.png)](http://webopsweekly.com) Issue 17 — June 3, 2015 [ResourceTiming in Practice](http://nicj.net/resourcetiming-in-practice/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) ResourceTiming is a W3C-built spec designed to let developers get access to accurate performance metrics from the browser. How does it work and what can you get from it? Nic Jansma [Introduction to Microservices](http://nginx.com/blog/introduction-to-microservices/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) The concept of ‘microservices’ is getting a lot of hype right now and are headed towards the peak of ‘inflated expectations’ on the Gartner Hype Cycle. But what are they and why should you consider them for your app’s architecture? Chris Richardson [HTTP/2 Is Here, Let's Optimize](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1r7QXGYOLCh4fcUq0jDdDwKJWNqWK1o4xMtYpKZCJYjM/present?slide=id.p19&utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) slides A slidedeck from Google performance guru Ilya Grigorik looking at how some of yesterday’s best practices are today’s HTTP/2 anti-patterns. Ilya Grigorik [The Most Trafficked Time of the Year: 2015 Guide to Holiday eCommerce Shopping](http://pages.catchpoint.com/The-Most-Trafficked-Time-of-the-Year-eBook.html?LSD=SPON-WebOpsWeekly) Now’s the time to start preparing your eCommerce site for the holiday shopping season. Download [this eBook](http://pages.catchpoint.com/The-Most-Trafficked-Time-of-the-Year-eBook.html?LSD=SPON-WebOpsWeekly) to learn best practices for optimizing and testing your site’s functionality. Catchpointsponsored[![\](https://copm.s3.amazonaws.com/5663e74d.png)](http://pages.catchpoint.com/The-Most-Trafficked-Time-of-the-Year-eBook.html?LSD=SPON-WebOpsWeekly) [20 Top Factors That Impact Website Response Time](http://www.apmdigest.com/website-response-time-1?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) First in a series covering all twenty factors (all parts are available). The first five are complexity, interdependencies, component configuration, latency, and demand peaks. APM Digest [Monolith First, Microservices Later](http://martinfowler.com/bliki/MonolithFirst.html?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) Martin Fowler reflects on stories he’s heard about microservices and considers the approach of starting with a monolith and then only moving to microservices when it makes sense. Martin Fowler [New Performance Tools in Firefox Developer Edition 40](https://hacks.mozilla.org/2015/06/new-performance-tools-in-firefox-developer-edition-40/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) news The latest Firefox (Developer Edition) now includes full performance measurement tools and timeline views, at a similar level to what’s in Chrome. Mozilla Hacks [Why You Should Use Cloud Services](http://blog.codeship.com/why-you-should-use-cloud-services/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) Part one in a series about increasing efficiency in software development teams. You should not be thinking about servers, you should think about your product and customers. Codeship [Kubernetes: The Future of Deployment](http://www.bashton.com/blog/2015/kubernetes-future-of-deployment/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) opinion Kubernetes is a Google project which provides some of the ‘missing pieces’ of rolling out a complex Linux containers-based deployment. Bashton Ltd In brief [IBM Acquires Seattle's Blue Box in Major Deal for Private Cloud Service](http://www.geekwire.com/2015/ibm-acquires-seattles-blue-box-in-exit-for-private-cloud-startup/?mc_cid=2a5e4af470=6982ed99c7&utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) news Geekwire [SOASTA Launches Digital Operations Center (DOC)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWbYjjXclm8&utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) news video YouTube [Convince your CFO that Web Performance Matters](http://www.slideshare.net/colinbendell/2015-velocity-sc-convince-your-cfo-that-perfmatters?from_m_app=ios&utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) slides Colin Bendell [Are There Forgotten Servers Out There?](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9629714&utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) A fun Hacker News thread about servers that have kept chugging away and become lost or forgotten within the system. Hacker News [Spark Monitoring: How to Handle 10B Requests a Day](http://blog.takipi.com/spark-monitoring-how-to-handle-10b-requests-a-day/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) Takipi Blog [Fix FlexGrid Scroll Performance in IE with this One Weird Trick](http://wijmo.com/fix-flexgrid-scroll-performance-in-ie-with-this-one-weird-trick/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) Wijmo [Tim Kadlec of Akamai on Modern Web Perfomance](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8m-BV5VdRM&utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) video Velocity Conference [How To Avoid Server Sprawl With Docker](http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2015/05/how-to-avoid-server-sprawl-with-docker/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) opinion Shawn Powers [Everything You Need to Know About Containers](http://www.information-age.com/industry/software/123459592/everything-you-need-know-about-containers?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) opinion Information Age [Systems Thinking: A Web Ops Perspective](https://medium.com/@stephencole/systems-fd816d835bd5?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) opinion Stephen Cole [Read this issue on the Web](http://webopsweekly.com/issues/17) [See our archives](http://webopsweekly.com/issues) [Change your email address](*|UPDATE_PROFILE|*) [Stop getting this newsletter](*|UNSUB|*) Published by [Cooperpress](https://cooperpress.com/) Fairfield Enterprise Centre, Lincoln Way, Louth, LN11 0LS, UK