---
title: "Issue 48: The latest Web operations, scaling, and performance news"
publication: "StatusCode Weekly"
issue: 48
published_at: "2016-01-14"
canonical_url: "https://weekly.statuscode.com/issues/48"
---

WebOps Weekly 48   . 

The latest Web operations, HTTP, and Web performance news -[Read this on the Web](http://webopsweekly.com/issues/48) 

[![WebOps Weekly\](http://webopsweekly.com/images/webops-header.png)](http://webopsweekly.com) Issue 48 — January 14, 2016     

[HTTP/2 Is Here, Now Let's Make It Easy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KmR-JD3dGo&utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) video A well recorded 20 minute talk from dotJS 2015 about what HTTP/2 means for Web performance and how it works in production. A good primer for all Web developers. Rebecca Murphey [A Beginner's Guide to Scaling to 11 Million+ Users on Amazon's AWS](http://highscalability.com/blog/2016/1/11/a-beginners-guide-to-scaling-to-11-million-users-on-amazons.html?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) A copious amount of interesting notes and tips based on a talk by Joel Williams, an Amazon Web Services Solutions Architect, on significant scaling on AWS. High Scalability [Ansible 2.0 Released](http://www.ansible.com/blog/ansible-2.0-launch?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) tools Ansible is an increasingly popular open source IT and server deployment tool. 2.0 includes 200 new modules for working with things like OpenStack, AWS, VMware and Windows. James Cammarata [Are you already monitoring your web application end-to-end?](https://ruxit.com/full-stack-web-application-monitoring/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=cpm&utm_term=webops&utm_campaign=email) Monitor the availability and performance of your web app to ensure business functionality, resolve production issues faster, and understand user behavior. Find out how to troubleshoot web applications down to the code level with Ruxit. Ruxitsponsored[![\](https://copm.s3.amazonaws.com/093c75df.png)](https://ruxit.com/full-stack-web-application-monitoring/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=cpm&utm_term=webops&utm_campaign=email) [The 'Average Page' Is A Myth](https://www.igvita.com/2016/01/12/the-average-page-is-a-myth/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) Stats on average page sizes are often quoted based on the [HTTP Archive’s](http://httparchive.org/) data but what _is_ an ‘average’ page and how are page weights distributed overall? Ilya Grigorik [How Mozilla's EC2 Usage Got 15X Cheaper in 8 Months](http://taras.glek.net/blog/2014/05/09/how-amazon-ec2-got-15x-cheaper-in-6-months/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) An interesting story of how Mozilla slashed their EC2 spending from $136K by working with Amazon’s systems (including spot instances) cleverly. Taras Glek [ssh-js: Secure Shell GUI](https://www.npmjs.com/package/ssg-js?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) tools A terminal based UI for all the SSH server connections found in your SSH config file. Ben Evans [AWS Launches Scheduled Reserved Instances](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-scheduled-reserved-instances/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) On AWS EC2, you can now reserve instances for specific periodical timeframes, rather than for permanent use. Amazon Jobs [Infrastructure Engineer at IFTTT (San Francisco)](https://ifttt.com/jobs/b5b66238-b49f-461d-857b-ce04099d38c8) IFTTT is changing the way people interact with technology by helping them get the most out of their favorite products and services. Help us build and scale the systems that make it possible. IFTTT In brief [Amazon EC2 Container Service Now Supports Docker 1.9](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2016/01/amazon-ec2-container-service-supports-docker-1-9/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) news Amazon [Microservice Weekly](https://microserviceweekly.com/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) news It’s not one of ours, but run by RisingStack for anyone interested in microservices in particular. RisingStack [Open Web Application Security Project Issues New Secure Coding Bible](http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/01/12/owasps_revamped_developer_guide_will_help_you_pass_pen_tests/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) news The Register [Working with Web APIs](https://launchschool.com/books/working_with_apis?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) tutorial The basics of how web APIs work, how to interact with them, and what to think about when building your own. Launch School [Automatic Deployment With Git on Ubuntu](https://www.marctowler.co.uk/automatic-deployment-with-git-on-ubuntu.html?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) tutorial The short and simple approach. Marc Towler [The Website Obesity Crisis](https://vimeo.com/147806338?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) video Maciej Ceglowski [The Goldilocks of Web Performance](https://medium.com/ben-and-dion/the-goldilocks-of-performance-dc9544a17fe0?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) opinion Dion Almaer [The Lambda Architecture Isn’t](http://blog.memsql.com/lambda-architecture-isnt/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) opinion MemSQL Blog [Slackcat: Pipe Command Output and Upload Files to Slack From The Terminal](http://slackcat.chat/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) tools If your company or team is living on Slack, this could be handy in many situations. VektorLab [TailTub: Like requestb.in But for Stdin](https://tailtub.com/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) tools Pipe your app and server logs to TailTub. You get back a unique URL. Share the URL with others to view results in real-time. Stephen Rhyne [Is OpsCare Right for You?](https://www.reinteractive.net/service/ops-care?sid=39) Take the hassle out of ops and get your Rails app onto one of the world's most robust and stable Operations as a Service platforms. Our ops team supports your Rails app 24/7 from $1 per hour. Reinteractivesponsored    [Read this issue on the Web](http://webopsweekly.com/issues/48) [See our archives](http://webopsweekly.com/issues) [Change your email address](*|UPDATE_PROFILE|*)  [Stop getting this newsletter](*|UNSUB|*)  

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