---
title: "Issue 6: The latest Web operations, scaling, and performance news"
publication: "StatusCode Weekly"
issue: 6
published_at: "2015-03-18"
canonical_url: "https://weekly.statuscode.com/issues/6"
---

WebOps Weekly 6   . 

The latest Web operations, HTTP, and Web performance news -[Read this on the Web](http://webopsweekly.com/issues/6) 

[![WebOps Weekly\](http://webopsweekly.com/images/webops-header.png)](http://webopsweekly.com) Issue 6 — March 18, 2015     

[The US Government's 'HTTPS-Only Standard' Proposal](https://https.cio.gov/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) The White House’s Office of Management and Budget has released a proposal for public comment. It proposes that all publicly accessible federal sites must require the use of HTTPS. CIO.​gov [HTTP/2 for a Faster Web](https://cascadingmedia.com/insites/2015/03/http-2.html?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) A high level look at some of the concepts surrounding HTTP/2. Benjamin Patch [Performance Optimization is a Process Not an Event](http://zoompf.com/blog/2015/03/performance-optimization-is-a-process-not-an-event?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) “Optimizing your website’s performance is not a one time event, but rather a seamless, repeatable, and non-disruptive process that the web team implements for applying performance optimizations.” Such a process has three phases, as outlined here. Zoompf Web Performance [Introducing the first ops platform for developers](https://opbeat.com/?campaign=webopsweekly&utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=ad&utm_campaign=webopsweekly100) Performance metrics, error logging, release tracking and mobile alerts in one killer tool. When an error happens, Opbeat will show you the code that is breaking, who wrote it, and how it is affecting performance. **WebOps Weekly readers get $100 credit.** Opbeatsponsored[![\](https://copm.s3.amazonaws.com/f0f9acd6.png)](https://opbeat.com/?campaign=webopsweekly&utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=ad&utm_campaign=webopsweekly100) [Introducing OpenBSD's New 'httpd' [PDF\]](http://www.openbsd.org/papers/httpd-asiabsdcon2015.pdf?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) A look at the history, design and implementation (and ‘why’) of the new httpd recently created for OpenBSD out of frustrations with nginx. Reyk Floeter [Prevent Third Parties from Hindering Your Performance](http://blog.catchpoint.com/2015/03/16/prevent-third-parties/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) A large dose of handy tips if you’re including many third party scripts into a page. Catchpoint Blog [Web Image Formats: The Nerdy Parts](http://larahogan.me/images/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) opinion A slidedeck looking at the various image formats you can use on the Web, their pros and cons, and performance considerations. Lara Hogan [Making a Silky Smooth Web [slidedeck\]](https://speakerdeck.com/paullewis/making-a-silky-smooth-web?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) Sure, it’s a slidedeck, and it’s a little abstract (away from the talk itself) but there are ideas to take away from the slides nonetheless. Paul Lewis [W3C Invites Implementations of Mixed Content](http://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/4494?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) W3C and the Web Application Security Working Group invite implementation of “Mixed Content,” a specification that aims to improve web security by describing how a user agent should handle fetching of content loaded in a mixed security context. W3C In brief [Experiments with Strengthening JavaScript](https://developers.google.com/v8/experiments?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) news Google Chrome V8 Team [Yahoo Offering a New Way to Log In: Auth Codes over SMS](http://yahoo.tumblr.com/post/113708272894/a-new-simple-way-to-log-in?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) news Yahoo [Mozilla's JavaScript Fetch API Aims to Supplant XHR](http://www.programmableweb.com/news/mozillas-javascript-fetch-api-aims-to-supplant-xhr/2015/03/16?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) news ProgrammableWeb [Optimising SVG Images](https://hacks.mozilla.org/2015/03/optimising-svg-images/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) tutorial Mozilla Hacks [Common Pitfalls to Avoid when using HTML5 Application Cache](http://www.sitepoint.com/common-pitfalls-avoid-using-html5-application-cache/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) tutorial AppCache enables you to allow your website visitors to browse your website when they are offline. SitePoint [An Analytics Primer for Web Developers](https://hacks.mozilla.org/2015/03/an-analytics-primer-for-developers/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) tutorial Mozilla Hacks [The Effect of Third Party Tags on Web Performance](http://blog.catchpoint.com/2015/03/12/truth-behind-effect-third-party-tags-web-performance/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) Catchpoint Blog [Making Pinterest HTTPS](http://engineering.pinterest.com/post/113537918179/making-pinterest-https?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) “Migrating to HTTPS presented a number of expected - and unexpected - engineering challenges.” Pinterest [How and Why Swiftype Moved from EC2 to Real Hardware](http://highscalability.com/blog/2015/3/16/how-and-why-swiftype-moved-from-ec2-to-real-hardware.html?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) High Scalability [Google PageSpeed Double Loading: A Third Party Issue](http://blog.catchpoint.com/2015/03/18/pagespeed-third-party-issue/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) Catchpoint Blog [Measuring User Experience in the Omni-Channel World](http://apmblog.dynatrace.com/2015/03/17/omni-channel-user-experience-measurement-index/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) opinion About:Performance [HTTP/2 Is Stricter Than HTTP/1.1](http://www.sajalkayan.com/post/http2-wordcount.html?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) opinion More ‘MUST’, less ‘SHOULD’ and ‘MAY’. Sajal Kayan [10 Excellent Web Performance Optimization Blogs](http://sixrevisions.com/web-performance/web-performance-optimization-blogs/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) opinion Six Revisions [Algernon: HTTP/2 Web Server That Can Serve Markdown and Dynamic Lua Scripts](https://github.com/xyproto/algernon?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) code Alexander F Rødseth    [Read this issue on the Web](http://webopsweekly.com/issues/6) [See our archives](http://webopsweekly.com/issues) [Change your email address](*|UPDATE_PROFILE|*)  [Stop getting this newsletter](*|UNSUB|*)  

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