---
title: "Issue 33: The latest Web operations, scaling, and performance news"
publication: "StatusCode Weekly"
issue: 33
published_at: "2015-09-23"
canonical_url: "https://weekly.statuscode.com/issues/33"
---

WebOps Weekly 33   . 

The latest Web operations, HTTP, and Web performance news -[Read this on the Web](http://webopsweekly.com/issues/33) 

[![WebOps Weekly\](http://webopsweekly.com/images/webops-header.png)](http://webopsweekly.com) Issue 33 — September 23, 2015     

[SAWS: A Supercharged AWS Command Line Interface](https://github.com/donnemartin/saws?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) tools Find it hard to remember AWS’s hundreds of commands and options? SAWS is a powerful command line console for working with AWS that aims to significantly improve ease of use. It looks _very_promising. Donne Martin [Performance on RAILs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJMA2n4RL6s&utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) video A great 25 minute talk that might give you some added perspective to Web performance. Paul Lewis of the Chrome team says page load time is only part of the Web performance picture and user-focused performance is key. Nordic.​js 2015 [NGINX 1.9.5 Released with HTTP/2 Support](https://www.nginx.com/blog/nginx-1-9-5/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) NGINX now has fully baked-in, out-of-the-box support for HTTP/2. SPDY support has therefore been removed, and if you need this you’ll need to use the 1.8 branch. NGINX [RedisGreen - Fully-Managed Redis with Auto-Scaling and High Availability](https://dashboard.redisgreen.net/new?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2015a&utm_content=primary&utm_term=managed+apps+nocc) Thousands of apps use RedisGreen for data hosting and performance analysis. Get insights quickly with our analytics dashboard. Start today without a credit card. RedisGreensponsored[![\](https://copm.s3.amazonaws.com/c35096a3.png)](https://dashboard.redisgreen.net/new?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2015a&utm_content=primary&utm_term=managed+apps+nocc) [GitHub Enables Subresource Integrity for CDN Assets](http://githubengineering.com/subresource-integrity/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) news [Subresource Integrity](http://www.w3.org/TR/SRI/) is a browser technology that lets creators include a cryptographic digest of third party content on JavaScript and CSS inclusions. In this way, the security of third party CDNs can be ensured. GitHub Engineering [Guidance on Setting Up HTTP Public Key Pinning](https://scotthelme.co.uk/guidance-on-setting-up-hpkp/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) tutorial HPKP lets you stop a rogue Certificate Authority (CA) issuing certificates for your domain, increasing security. Scott Helme [Interview with Steve Souders on his Work at The Frontier of Web Performance](http://webdesignledger.com/steve-souders-interview?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) news A great interview with one of the pioneers and best known names of the Web performance field. Web Design Ledger Jobs [Want to work on new projects? Make more money? Try a new stack? Relocate?](https://hired.com/?utm_source=newsletters&utm_medium=webopsweekly&utm_campaign=n-sept03_15-webopsweeklyspons&utm_content=indemand) On Hired, we'll bring the options to you. With over 2,000 pre-screened tech companies in 10 cities in the US & UK, you'll be sure to find what you're looking for. Join Hired today. Hired.​com In brief [Moving t.co to HTTPS Only for New Links](https://twittercommunity.com/t/moving-t-co-to-https-only-for-new-links/52380?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) news t.co is Twitter’s link forwarder. Twitter [HTTPS Everywhere With Nginx, Varnish and Apache](http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2015/09/https-everywhere-with-nginx-varnish-apache/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) tutorial A look at how to move your website to HTTPS, taking advantage of Varnish Cache. Smashing Magazine [A Guide to JavaScript Engines for the Underinformed](http://developer.telerik.com/featured/a-guide-to-javascript-engines-for-idiots/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) tutorial Jen Looper [Web Fonts Performance](https://speakerdeck.com/bramstein/web-fonts-performance?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) slidedeck Bram Stein [How Slow Load Times Hurt Your Bottom Line (And 17 Things You Can Do)](http://www.slideshare.net/tammyeverts/how-slow-load-times-hurt-your-bottom-line-and-17-things-you-can-do-to-fix-it?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) slidedeck Tammy Everts [Mobile Web Performance using WebPageTest and HTTPArchive](http://www.slideshare.net/dougsillars/mobile-web-performance-using-webpagetest-and-httparchive?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) slidedeck Doug Sillars [Is Your Server Ready for iOS 9 and El Capitan?](http://cutecoder.org/programming/server-ready-ios-9-el-capitan/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) opinion Simply using HTTPS might not be the answer. Apps on these new systems are strongly encouraged to use TLS 1.2 and perfect forward secrecy too. Making the Switch [Professional private code hosting for developers & teams](https://www.codebasehq.com/t/webopsweekly?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) tools Codebase offers fast & reliable hosting for Git, HG and SVN repos with project management built-in. 50% off first 3 months with code RUBYWEEKLY. Codebasesponsored [Base64 File Encoder: Drag a File On, Get Base64 Back Instantly](http://jpillora.com/base64-encoder/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) tools Jaime Pillora [Dockramp: A Client-Driven Docker Container Image Builder](https://github.com/jlhawn/dockramp?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) tools Docker 1.8.0 will introduce a new API endpoint for copying files and directories into a container. With this addition, anyone can now implement their own build system using the Docker Remote API. Dockramp is a proof of concept for an alternative to docker build. Josh Hawn [Visual Studio Online Previews Web Performance Test Tools](http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/announcing-public-preview-for-performance-test-on-webapps/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) tools news Microsoft Azure Blog [muxy: Simulating Real-World Distributed System Failures](https://github.com/mefellows/muxy?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) tools A proxy that can simulate common failure scenarios from the perspective of an application under test; such as an API or a webapp. Matt Fellows    [Read this issue on the Web](http://webopsweekly.com/issues/33) [See our archives](http://webopsweekly.com/issues) [Change your email address](*|UPDATE_PROFILE|*)  [Stop getting this newsletter](*|UNSUB|*)  

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