---
title: "Issue 63: The latest Web operations, scaling, and performance news"
publication: "StatusCode Weekly"
issue: 63
published_at: "2016-04-27"
canonical_url: "https://weekly.statuscode.com/issues/63"
---

WebOps Weekly 63   . 

The latest Web operations, HTTP, and Web performance news -[Read this on the Web](http://webopsweekly.com/issues/63) 

[![WebOps Weekly\](http://webopsweekly.com/images/webops-header.png)](http://webopsweekly.com) Issue 63 — April 27, 2016     

[Best Practice for HTTP2 Front-end Deployments](http://blog.cloud66.com/best-practice-for-http2-front-end-deployments/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) tutorial It’s worth thinking about how HTTP/2 will impact your front-end development practices, especially when it comes to deploying assets to production. Cloud 66 [The Joy of Deploying Apache Storm on Docker Swarm](http://highscalability.com/blog/2016/4/25/the-joy-of-deploying-apache-storm-on-docker-swarm.html?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) news A look at deploying an Apache Storm cluster on top of Docker Swarm instead of deploying directly to VMs. High Scalability [What Does Hosting 'Unsplash' Cost?](http://backstage.crew.co/what-does-unsplash-cost/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) opinion A look into what it costs to host a popular free photo site. (A surprising amount, at that.) Luke Chesser [Calculate How Much You Can Save by Avoiding Expensive DDoS Outages](http://lp.incapsula.com/ddos-downtime-cost-calculator.html?utm_source=WebOps&utm_medium=displayad&utm_campaign=2016_Q2_DDoS_Calculator) DDoS attacks, including [100+ Gbps network layer attacks]( https://www.incapsula.com/ddos-report/ddos-report-q4-2015.html) are becoming more common. If your website is not currently protected from application and network layer DDoS attacks, you may run up high downtime costs. Find out how much you can save by protecting your site against a cyber attack with the Incapsula DDoS Cost Calculator. Incapsulasponsored[![\](https://copm.s3.amazonaws.com/7ce827d5.png)](http://lp.incapsula.com/ddos-downtime-cost-calculator.html?utm_source=WebOps&utm_medium=displayad&utm_campaign=2016_Q2_DDoS_Calculator) [Jenkins 2.0 Released: The Open Source Automation Server](https://jenkins.io/blog/2016/04/26/jenkins-20-is-here/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) news Jenkins provides hundreds of plugins to support building, deploying and automating any project. Jenkins [Heroku Review Apps Now Generally Available](https://blog.heroku.com/archives/2016/4/18/heroku_review_apps_GA?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) news Review apps are instant, disposable Heroku app environments that can spin up automatically with each GitHub pull request. Heroku [Introducing NGINX 1.10 and 1.11](https://www.nginx.com/blog/nginx-1-10-1-11-released/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) news The latest NGINX releases are out in version 1.10 (stable branch) and version 1.11 (mainline branch). NGINX [No More Tools](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpjmo8Khyzo&utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) video A look at up-to-date front-end tooling as well as alternative approaches to compiling, building and automation that emphasize the human side of teamwork. Karolina Szczur [Sites That Block Adblockers Seem to Be Suffering](https://thestack.com/world/2016/04/21/sites-that-block-adblockers-seem-to-be-suffering/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) news Alexa figures for sites actively deterring adblocking users seem to show some correlation between the blockades and declining figures. Martin Anderson Jobs [AWS Video Training Author at Pluralsight (Freelance, Part-time)](https://www.pluralsight.com/teach?cid=7011A000001QG6lQAG) Create and publish AWS training videos on Pluralsight.com. Work from anywhere, set your own schedule, reach a global audience. Cash in on your teaching skills by sharing your knowledge and helping others learn. PLURALSIGHT In brief [Do you need to `apt-get upgrade`? Use our API to find out.](https://appcanary.com/?utm_source=newsletter1&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=webops1) tools Automatically monitor your servers and apps for vulnerable packages. Now supporting Ruby, Ubuntu, and CentOS. Appcanarysponsored [Empty DDoS Threats: Meet the Armada Collective](https://blog.cloudflare.com/empty-ddos-threats-meet-the-armada-collective/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) news CloudFlare [Which Browsers Have HTTP/2 Push Support?](https://www.shimmercat.com/en/blog/articles/browsers-with-http2-push/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) news “Most people use a browser that supports HTTP/2 Push.” ShimmerCat [Automatic Replacement of Autoscaling Nodes with Equivalent Spot Instances](https://mcristi.wordpress.com/2016/04/21/my-approach-at-making-aws-ec2-affordable-automatic-replacement-of-autoscaling-nodes-with-equivalent-spot-instances/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) story An approach at making AWS EC2 more affordable. Cristian Măgherușan-Stanciu [Postman: Building an API Collaboration Platform for Two Million Developers](https://medium.com/aws-activate-startup-blog/postman-building-an-api-collaboration-platform-for-two-million-developers-282a284eb5b9?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) story AWS Startup Spotlight [How to Avoid Storing Security Credentials On GitHub](https://cloudonaut.io/avoid-security-credentials-on-github/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) tutorial Cloudonaut [tcptee: A Simple TCP Traffic Duplicator](https://github.com/hit9/tcptee?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) tutorial Chao Wang [Zombies Eating Your AWS Bill?](http://blog.launchdarkly.com/zombies-eating-your-aws-bill/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) tutorial How you can set it up so can detect ‘zombie’ instances in your own environment. Patrick Kaeding [Testing Degraded Network Scenarios with rkt](https://kinvolk.io/blog/2016/02/testing-degraded-network-scenarios-with-rkt/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) tutorial Alban Crequy [Using DNS to Debug Downtime](https://www.morpheusdata.com/blog/2016-03-29-using-dns-to-debug-downtime?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) tutorial John Pollock [Posting Successful SSH Logins to Slack](http://sandrinodimattia.net/posting-successful-ssh-logins-to-slack/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) tutorial Sandrino Di Mattia [Building a Resilient Continuous Deployment System](https://medium.com/@shamasis/building-a-resilient-continuous-deployment-system-dac488cd2398?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) tutorial Shamasis Bhattacharya [Why Serverless Architecture Makes Sense for Live-Streaming Video](https://blog.snap-ci.com/blog/2016/04/24/serverless-architecture-live-stream-video-play-on-sports/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) opinion Badrinath Janakiraman [Considering Docker? Consider Security First](https://blog.opendns.com/2016/03/17/considering-docker-consider-security-first/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) opinion Owen Lystrup [In The Land of Microservices, The Network Is The King(maker)](https://medium.com/lightspeed-venture-partners/in-the-land-of-microservices-the-network-is-the-king-maker-37de7ec4119a?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) opinion Sudip Chakrabarti [Auto-generated APIs for any database](http://blog.dreamfactory.com/working-with-virtually-related-data-0?utm_source=webops_weekly&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=tryit) tools Powerful API automation for standardization, portability, and scale. Free dev environment for testing and rapid prototyping. DreamFactorysponsored [Diffee Checker: Instant Visual Diffing with CSS Blend Modes](http://una.im/diffee/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) tools Enter two URLs (local is fine) and visually compare them with an overlay. Una Kravets [Docker-Clean: A Script That Cleans Docker Containers, Images, Volumes, and Networks](https://github.com/zzrotdesign/docker-clean?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) tools ZZROT Design [tcpkali: A High Performance TCP and WebSocket Load Generator and Sink](https://github.com/machinezone/tcpkali?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) tools Machine Zone, Inc.​ [Security Headers: Analyse Your HTTP Response Headers Now](https://securityheaders.io/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) tools Scott Helme [Quarry: A Dynamic DNS Server with Swappable Backends and CRUD API](https://github.com/containership/quarry?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) code ContainerShip    [Read this issue on the Web](http://webopsweekly.com/issues/63) [See our archives](http://webopsweekly.com/issues) [Change your email address](*|UPDATE_PROFILE|*)  [Stop getting this newsletter](*|UNSUB|*)  

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