---
title: "Issue 73: The latest Web operations, scaling, and performance news"
publication: "StatusCode Weekly"
issue: 73
published_at: "2016-07-06"
canonical_url: "https://weekly.statuscode.com/issues/73"
---

WebOps Weekly 73   . 

The latest Web operations, HTTP, and Web performance news -[Read this on the Web](http://webopsweekly.com/issues/73) 

[![WebOps Weekly\](http://webopsweekly.com/images/webops-header.png)](http://webopsweekly.com) Issue 73 — July 6, 2016     

[A Whirlwind Tour Through the HTTP2 Spec](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBtU606qWOI&list=PL37ZVnwpeshGgaWeK9oFRPIjrLSo8mm6b&index=3&utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) video A quick tour through HTTP’s history before moving on to the gems awaiting you in the HTTP/2, like server push and connection multiplexing. Ole Michaelis [Why Do We Use The Linux Kernel's TCP Stack?](http://jvns.ca/blog/2016/06/30/why-do-we-use-the-linux-kernels-tcp-stack/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) tutorial A look at how writing your own TCP stack can result in significantly higher performance.. at a cost. It also triggered an [extensive discussion on Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12021195). Julia Evans [Why Companies Adopt Microservices And How They Succeed](https://medium.com/@asimaslam/why-companies-adopt-microservices-and-how-they-succeed-2ad32f39c65a?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) opinion An extensive dive into the non-technical aspects of adopting microservices within a company. Asim Aslam [Dev Ops for Frontend Engineers, July 27 in San Francisco](http://forwardjs.com/#dev-ops-for-frontend-engineers) Led by Netflix's Jem Young, this full-day workshop covers everything to do to build a webserver to host your very own web app, from setting up DNS and Nginx to configuring node and building a JS deploy system. ForwardJSsponsored[![\](https://copm.s3.amazonaws.com/518df1e9.png)](http://forwardjs.com/#dev-ops-for-frontend-engineers) [A Quick Guide to Choosing Infrastructure Tools](https://www.oreilly.com/learning/a-quick-guide-to-choosing-infrastructure-tools?cmp=tw-webops-books-videos-article-lgen_infrastructure_morris_velsc_jj&utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) tutorial A look at the essential building blocks behind an Infrastructure as Code platform. Kief Morris [Minimum Viable DevOps](https://medium.freecodecamp.com/minimum-viable-devops-919972dfd9e0?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) tutorial A quick and dirty guide to scaling your launch and embracing the Internet’s traffic ‘hug of death’. Michael Shilman [12-Factor Apps and the HashiStack](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gf43TcWjBrE&utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) video An introduction to requirements for hyperscale applications, such as high performance low latency communication and playing nice in a distributed system, and building them on tools like Nomad, Vault and Consul. Kelsey Hightower [Kubecast: A Podcast About Kubernetes and Containers](https://www.kubecast.com/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) podcast A new podcast, just a single episode old, but they start strong with an [interview with Google’s Kelsey Hightower.](https://www.kubecast.com/episode01/) Milos and Ivan [The Five Styles of Workload Orchestration](http://thenewstack.io/configuration-management-orchestration/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) tutorial Workload orchestration is what distinguishes the modern way of deploying digital services from how it was done even a few years ago. Scott M.​ Fulton III [Emotions and DDoS Attacks](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImzJAZvVi6U&list=PL055Epbe6d5aoGuvCaRaznmt_mxWQs3pa&index=10&utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) video Artur Bergman takes an interesting psychological look at DoS attacks, exploring how people react and why a DDoS attack is different than other challenges a company may face. Artur Bergman Jobs [AWS Video Training Author (Freelance, Part-time)](http://go2.pluralsight.com/C0001187) Create and publish AWS-related training videos on Pluralsight.com. Cash in on your teaching skills by sharing your knowledge with a global audience and helping others learn. Pluralsight [Job Offers. No resume necessary.](https://hired.com/?utm_source=newsletters&utm_medium=petercooperpress&utm_term=cat-tech-mobile&utm_content=noresume&utm_campaign=q3-16-webopsweekly&utm_location=us) Create your Hired profile to get top companies to start applying to hire you. Get offers from $75,000 - $250,000 on the platform in 1 week. Hired.​com In brief [Find and Fix App Errors Faster (and have fun doing it)](https://rollbar.com/?utm_source=webops_weekly&utm_medium=email-nl&utm_term=webops_weekly_7_6&utm_campaign=nl_sponsorship) tools Quickly pinpoint what’s broken and why. Get the context and insights to defeat all Software application errors. ROLLBARsponsored [Apache HTTP Server 2.4.23 Released](http://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/Announcement2.4.html?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) news Apache Foundation [Create and Deploy a Chat Bot to AWS Lambda in 5 Minutes](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/compute/create-and-deploy-a-chat-bot-to-aws-lambda-in-five-minutes/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) tutorial Amazon [Microservices Essentials for Executives: The Key to High Velocity Software Development](http://www.forentrepreneurs.com/microservices/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) tutorial Richard Li [How AWS Came To be](https://techcrunch.com/2016/07/02/andy-jassys-brief-history-of-the-genesis-of-aws/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) story Ron Miller [Programming TCP for Responsiveness](http://www.slideshare.net/kazuho/programming-tcp-for-responsiveness?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) slidedeck Techniques to write a TCP/IP application optimized for responsiveness. Kazuho Oku [3 Questions to Ask About DevOps Metrics and Measurements](http://thenewstack.io/devops-measurement-metrics/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) opinion Why are metrics important? How should we decide which metrics are important for our situations? And what should we be measuring? Dawn Foster [The New Internet Domains Are A Wasteland](http://www.networkworld.com/article/3091754/security/the-new-internet-domains-are-a-wasteland.html?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) opinion The new TLDS are popular with spammers and malware attackers. Tom Henderson [You’re Doing DevOps Wrong](https://techcrunch.com/2016/07/04/youre-doing-devops-wrong/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) opinion Andy Vitus [Docker and Serverless? Buzzword Stew](https://serverlesscode.com/post/docker-isnt-serverless/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) opinion “Docker could, in theory, be used to build a platform to run serverless applications on, but that doesn’t make it serverless.” Ryan S.​ Brown [aws-elk-billing: Tools for Loading and Visualizing Detailed AWS Billing with ELK](https://github.com/PriceBoardIn/aws-elk-billing?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) tools Using Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana to get a detailed look at your AWS account’s billing info. PriceBoard [SQL Dashboards in a Flash](http://www.launchbit.com/taz/11160-6331-111) tools Periscope Data lets you run analyses over billions of rows in seconds. Periscope Datasponsored [MassDNS: A High-Performance DNS Stub Resolver in C](https://github.com/blechschmidt/massdns?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) code B.​ Blechschmidt [Carp: A Statically Typed Lisp, Without A GC, for High Performance Applications](https://github.com/eriksvedang/Carp?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) code Erik Svedäng    [Read this issue on the Web](http://webopsweekly.com/issues/73) [See our archives](http://webopsweekly.com/issues) [Change your email address](*|UPDATE_PROFILE|*)  [Stop getting this newsletter](*|UNSUB|*)  

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