---
title: "Issue 69: The latest Web operations, scaling, and performance news"
publication: "StatusCode Weekly"
issue: 69
published_at: "2016-06-08"
canonical_url: "https://weekly.statuscode.com/issues/69"
---

WebOps Weekly 69   . 

The latest Web operations, HTTP, and Web performance news -[Read this on the Web](http://webopsweekly.com/issues/69) 

[![WebOps Weekly\](http://webopsweekly.com/images/webops-header.png)](http://webopsweekly.com) Issue 69 — June 8, 2016     

[9 Lessons Learnt Scaling To Handle 21,875,000 Requests Per Hour](https://www.hotjar.com/blog/9-lessons-we-learned-while-scaling-hotjars-tech-architecture?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) story A look at how a company providing a Web page ‘heat map’ tracking service has scaled and the lessons learnt along the way. Marc von Brockdorff [How The Internet Works: Submarine Fiber and Coaxial Cables](http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/05/how-the-internet-works-submarine-cables-data-centres-last-mile/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) story A deep dive into Internet infrastructure, plus a rare visit to a subsea cable landing site. Lots of juicy details and pictures here of things we don't often think about. Ars Technica [External API Caching with Varnish and NGINX](http://blog.runnable.com/post/144975295096/external-api-caching-with-varnish-nginx?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) tutorial A look at problems faced when interfacing with external APIs/services and how Varnish Cache can be used to handle them safely. Ryan Sandor Richards [DreamFactory 2.2 released, includes important API changes](http://blog.dreamfactory.com/dreamfactory-2-2-release?utm_source=webops_weekly&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=2-2) Our API automation platform keeps getting better with new streamlined commercial packages. Dreamfactorysponsored[![\](https://copm.s3.amazonaws.com/aa72d1e2.png)](http://blog.dreamfactory.com/dreamfactory-2-2-release?utm_source=webops_weekly&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=2-2) [MongoDB Queries Don't Always Return All Matching Documents](https://engineering.meteor.com/mongodb-queries-dont-always-return-all-matching-documents-654b6594a827?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) story It’s essential to understand some of MongoDB’s characteristics before scaling it up significantly in production. David Glasser [Abusing Privileged and Unprivileged Linux Containers](https://www.nccgroup.trust/us/our-research/abusing-privileged-and-unprivileged-linux-containers/?research=Whitepapers&utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) tutorial A PDF white paper (no sign up needed) looking at some of the security pitfalls of Linux containers. Jesse Hertz [The End of the Router?](https://medium.com/@HannesGredler/the-end-of-the-router-e4d769aea60f?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) opinion Hannes says we need to radically rethink how router hardware and software get engineered in order to scale into the future. Hannes Gredler Jobs [Site Reliability Engineer at The New York Times](http://www.nytco.com/careers/technology/site-reliability-engineer-nyt-beta/#25704) As a member of The NYT Beta team, you will not only interact with exceptional engineers, designers and product managers, but also members of the best editorial operation in the world. If you are interested, [please apply here.](http://www.nytco.com/careers/technology/site-reliability-engineer-nyt-beta/#25704) The New York Times [Apply to 100 top tech companies with 1 application](http://www.indeed.com/prime?kw=webopsweekly&sid=xp_cooperpress_job) Indeed Prime connects top tech talent with top tech companies in the US. Companies compete to hire developers on Indeed Prime. 100% free for job seekers. Land a job and get $5k from Indeed Prime. Indeed In brief [HTTP/2 Server H2O Hits Version 2.0.0](https://www.symfony.fi/entry/http-2-server-h2o-hits-version-2-0-0?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) news tools Jani Tarvainen [Salesforce's Data Centre Team 'Fought' AWS Cloud Outsourcing](http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/06/03/salesforce_aws_microsoft_platform_wars/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) news The Register [Ads on AMP: Where Faster is Better](https://amphtml.wordpress.com/2016/06/07/ads-on-amp-where-faster-is-better/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) news Google’s Accelerated Mobile Pages project is proving fruitful for advertisers as well as readers. Accelerated Mobile Pages Project [Scaleway Ramping Up to 10,000 New Bare-Metal Servers Per Month](https://blog.scaleway.com/2016/06/07/c2-ramp-up-10000-baremetal-servers-month/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) news One of the most interesting new providers out there right now IMHO. Scaleway [Scaling NSQ to 750 Billion Messages](https://segment.com/blog/scaling-nsq/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) story [NSQ](http://nsq.io/) is a realtime distributed messaging platform. Calvin French-Owen [Scalable Live Video Streaming with NGINX Plus and BITMOVIN](https://www.nginx.com/blog/scalable-live-video-streaming-nginx-plus-bitmovin/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) tutorial Christopher Mueller [AWS Tip: Save S3 Costs with Abort Multipart Lifecycle Policy](http://www.deplication.net/2016/06/aws-tip-save-s3-costs-with-abort.html?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) tutorial Cleaning up failed multipart uploads to save space (and money). Craig Watcham [Using Amazon Auto Scaling with Stateful Applications](http://adrienmagnus.com/using-amazon-auto-scaling-with-stateful-applications?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) tutorial Adrien Magnus [Free eBook: Understanding the Docker Ecosystem](http://resources.codeship.com/ebooks/docker-ecosystem?utm_source=webopsweeklysecondary) tutorial This eBook introduces Docker Hub, Docker Engine, Kitematic, Docker Machine, Docker Swarm, Docker Compose, Docker Cloud, & Data Center. Learn how they work here. Codeshipsponsored [Clickbait And Traffic Laundering: How Ad Tech Is Destroying The Web](https://kalkis-research.com/clickbait-and-traffic-laundering-how-ad-tech-is-destroying-the-web?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) opinion Kalkis Research [Battle of The Dashboards: Datadog vs SignalFX vs New Relic vs Wavefront](http://blog.takipi.com/datadog-vs-signalfx-vs-new-relic-vs-wavefront-which-dashboard-should-you-choose/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) opinion Henn Idan [How DevOps is Killing QA](http://devops.com/2016/06/07/devops-killed-qa/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) opinion Asaf Yigal [A time saver solution for those small but critical updates](https://www.reinteractive.net/service/code-care?sid=70) If you're struggling to find time, budget or resources to improve your Rails app, CodeCare® will help. Get fixed price ongoing upgrades and improvements to keep your app rolling. Reinteractivesponsored [hellcat: A 'netcat' That Takes Unfair Advantage of Traffic Shaping Systems](https://github.com/matildah/hellcat?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) tools Kia [An HTTPS Checker Tool For Mixed Content Issues](https://www.ecommerce.co.uk/httpschecker.html?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) tools Wildfire Internet Limited [A Docker Container To Capture All Traffic From Host](http://jerrygamblin.com/2016/05/28/a-docker-container-to-capture-all-traffic-from-host/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) tools Jerry Gamblin [Browser Calories: An Extension to Measure Page Weight](https://browserdiet.com/calories/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) tools An extension for Chrome, Firefox and Opera that lets you set a performance budget you can measure against. Zeno Rocha [Torus: A Modern Distributed Storage System by CoreOS](https://coreos.com/blog/torus-distributed-storage-by-coreos.html?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) tools CoreOS [Gordon: Create, Wire and Deploy AWS Lambdas using CloudFormation](https://github.com/jorgebastida/gordon?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) tools A tool to work with AWS Lambdas using CloudFormation. Jorge Bastida [A Docker Container with a SFTP Server with Randomized Password](https://github.com/axibase/dockers/blob/sftp/README.md?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) code Axibase Corporation    [Read this issue on the Web](http://webopsweekly.com/issues/69) [See our archives](http://webopsweekly.com/issues) [Change your email address](*|UPDATE_PROFILE|*)  [Stop getting this newsletter](*|UNSUB|*)  

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