--- title: "Issue 5: The latest Web operations, scaling, and performance news" publication: "StatusCode Weekly" issue: 5 published_at: "2015-03-11" canonical_url: "https://weekly.statuscode.com/issues/5" --- WebOps Weekly 5 . The latest Web operations, HTTP, and Web performance news -[Read this on the Web](http://webopsweekly.com/issues/5) [![WebOps Weekly\](http://webopsweekly.com/images/webops-header.png)](http://webopsweekly.com) Issue 5 — March 11, 2015 [What Does My Site Cost?](http://whatdoesmysitecost.com/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) tools Find out how much it costs for someone to use your site on mobile networks around the world. Prices are based on the largest operator’s cheapest data plan in each country. WebPageTest [The Case for Auto-Preloading: The Anatomy of a Battle-Tested WPO Treatment](http://www.webperformancetoday.com/2015/03/09/case-auto-preloading-anatomy-battle-tested-wpo-treatment/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) “Auto-preloading is the most effective technique for ensuring the performance of the entire user experience.” Web Performance Today [Improving UX RESTfully with HTTP/1.1 Cache Injection](http://ti.eng.br/improving-ux-restfully-with-http1-1-cache-injection/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) “With the technique shown here you will be able to make your REST-based app literally fly, both in terms of speed and in offline operation.” Connecting bits [Announcing Cloud 66 for Docker](http://www.cloud66.com/?utm_source=rubyweekly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=docker) Everything you need to build, deploy and manage your applications in Docker. On your own servers and on any cloud. Cloud 66sponsored[![\](https://copm.s3.amazonaws.com/3ca44f41.png)](http://www.cloud66.com/?utm_source=rubyweekly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=docker) [If Your Site Uses HTTPS, Add The 'referrer' Meta Tag So It Shows Up in Analytics](https://medium.com/jotform-form-builder/how-a-simple-update-to-medium-com-will-now-allow-it-to-show-up-in-google-analytics-d29fd686b516?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) Sites served up over HTTPS don’t pass referrer strings on to third-party sites using regular HTTP. If you want these strings to be passed, there’s a way to force it in Chrome (only). Medium [State of the Union: Mobile Web Performance](http://www.slideshare.net/tammyeverts/state-of-the-union-mobile-web-performance?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) A slidedeck from Tammy Evert’s talk that kicked off the 2015 RWD Summit looking into mobile Web performance from the perspective of e-commerce sites. Tammy Everts [TLS in HTTP/2](http://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2015/03/06/tls-in-http2/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) TLS is not mandatory for HTTP/2 but representatives from both the Firefox and the Chrome development teams have expressed their intents to only implement HTTP/2 over TLS. Daniel Stenberg [templar: A HTTP Proxy to Improve Usage of HTTP APIs](https://github.com/vektra/templar?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) Make requests to a third party through this and get caching and timeouts for free. Vektra In brief [HTTPS-crippling “FREAK” Bug Affects Windows After All](http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/03/stop-the-presses-https-crippling-freak-bug-affects-windows-after-all/?mwh=1&utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) news Ars Technica [Red Hat Launches Its Docker-Centric Atomic Host Linux Distribution](http://techcrunch.com/2015/03/05/red-hat-launches-its-docker-centric-atomic-host-linux-distribution/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) news TechCrunch [PNG and JPEG XR Vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer](http://lcamtuf.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/another-round-of-image-bugs-png-and.html?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) news lcamtuf [HBO NOW DNSSEC Misconfiguration Makes Site Unavailable From Comcast Networks](http://www.internetsociety.org/deploy360/blog/2015/03/hbo-now-dnssec-misconfiguration-makes-site-unavailable-from-comcast-networks-fixed-now/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) news Dan York [Announcing Virtual DNS: DDoS Mitigation and Global Distribution for DNS Traffic](https://blog.cloudflare.com/announcing-virtual-dns-ddos-mitigation-and-global-distribution-for-dns-traffic/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) news CloudFlare [Migrating Virtual Machines from Amazon EC2 to Google Compute Engine](https://jeff.noxon.cc/2014/05/09/migrating-virtual-machines-from-amazon-ec2-to-google-compute-engine/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) tutorial Jeff Noxon [Shared Dictionary Compression for HTTP at LinkedIn](https://engineering.linkedin.com/shared-dictionary-compression-http-linkedin?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) LinkedIn Engineering [Design Decisions Through The Lens Of A (Web) Performance Budget](https://vimeo.com/108328247?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) video Yesenia Perez-Cruz [A Performance Audit of CanIUse.com](http://perfaudit.com/case-study/caniuse.com/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) video PerfAudit [Google Cloud vs AWS: A (Quick) Comparison](http://cloudacademy.com/blog/google-cloud-vs-aws-a-comparison/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) opinion Cloud Academy [Microservices at Netflix: Lessons for Team and Process Design](http://nginx.com/blog/adopting-microservices-at-netflix-lessons-for-team-and-process-design/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) opinion A look at retooling your development team and processes for a smooth transition to microservices. Tony Mauro [Microservices: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly](http://devweek.com/blog/microservices-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) opinion Sander Hoogendoorn [Fix HTTPS by Replacing Certificates with A Blockchain?](https://www.bestvpn.com/blog/14473/fix-https-by-replacing-certificates-with-a-blockchain/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) opinion Douglas Crawford [Digital Ocean Private Networking is not 'Private'](http://incoherency.co.uk/blog/stories/digital-ocean-private-network.html?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) opinion The private network is an internal non-public network but used by other customers. James Stanley [How PlayFab Migrated From EC2-Classic to VPC with Zero Downtime](https://playfab.com/blog/2015/03/10/how-playfab-migrated-ec2-classic-vpc-zero-downtime?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) opinion Tiru Srikantha [Implementing Responsive Images with Jason Grigsby](http://thewebahead.net/99?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) podcast A podcast interview. The Web Ahead [Tiny Docker Operating Systems](http://blog.docker.com/2015/03/tiny-docker-operating-systems/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) tools Docker Blog [Common .htaccess Redirects](https://gist.github.com/ScottPhillips/1721489?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) code A 124 line .htaccess file showing off a variety of features of the primarily Apache-based settings files. Scott Phillips [Dropwizard: A Java Framework for High Performance RESTful Web Services](http://dropwizard.io/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) code Yammer [Lwan: A High-Performance, Scalable Web Server](http://lwan.ws/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) code Leandro Pereira [Read this issue on the Web](http://webopsweekly.com/issues/5) [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