---
title: "Issue 78: The latest Web operations, scaling, and performance news"
publication: "StatusCode Weekly"
issue: 78
published_at: "2016-08-10"
canonical_url: "https://weekly.statuscode.com/issues/78"
---

WebOps Weekly 78   . 

The latest Web operations, HTTP, and Web performance news -[Read this on the Web](http://webopsweekly.com/issues/78) 

[![WebOps Weekly\](http://webopsweekly.com/images/webops-header.png)](http://webopsweekly.com) Issue 78 — August 10, 2016     

[Checkup: A Simple, Self-Hosted Health Check System](https://text.sourcegraph.com/announcing-checkup-simple-self-hosted-health-checks-c5707cf729ab?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email#.g7hfskqfc) tools Monitoring uptime is a crucial part of running any web service so Sourcegraph sponsored Matt Holt (creator of Caddy) to build [a new, simple open source health check system.](https://sourcegraph.github.io/checkup/) Beyang Liu [How Netflix Built fast.com For Measuring Connection Speeds](http://techblog.netflix.com/2016/08/building-fastcom.html?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) story An interesting look at how Netflix built a new site for end users to test their download bandwidth. The clever twist is it downloads content from Netflix’s own servers so if providers whitelist it, Netflix service improves too. The Netflix Tech Blog [How To Succeed At Failure with Microservices](http://thenewstack.io/succeed-failure-microservices/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) tutorial Moving from a monolith to a microservices architecture is challenging work. Here’s a look at some of the organizational challenges involved. Mark Boyd [Forgotten Rails App?](https://www.reinteractive.net/service/code-care?sid=93) CodeCare helps you maintain those apps you don't quite have the time for anymore... Reinteractivesponsored[![\](https://copm.s3.amazonaws.com/a32be70e.jpg)](https://www.reinteractive.net/service/code-care?sid=93) [Flash and Chrome: Chrome to Block Flash from Chrome 53 On](http://chrome.googleblog.com/2016/08/flash-and-chrome.html?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) news Google notes “90% of Flash on the web loads behind the scenes to support things like page analytics” but that Chrome 53 will “begin to block it.” And “in December, Chrome 55 will make HTML5 the default experience.” Google [Upping your Analytics Game: The Progression from Google Analytics to Server-Side Event Tracking](https://zeemee.engineering/upping-your-analytics-game-the-progression-from-google-analytics-to-server-side-event-tracking-4a5439ac7fa?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) story _“Migrating away from basic event collection is a natural step as a company grows.”_ Pete Huitsing 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 [Get 5+ Engineering Job Offers in 1 Week](https://hired.com/?utm_source=newsletters&utm_medium=petercooperpress&utm_campaign=q3-16-webopsweekly) With Hired, companies apply to hire you - get salary and equity offers before you interview from companies like Facebook, Postmates, & Square Hired.​com In brief [RC4 Now Deprecated in Microsoft Edge and IE 11](https://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2016/08/09/rc4-now-deprecated/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) news Microsoft Edge Team [cURL with HTTP2 Support: A Minimal Alpine-based Docker Image](https://nathanleclaire.com/blog/2016/08/11/curl-with-http2-support---a-minimal-alpine-based-docker-image/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) tutorial Using Docker to have a fully featured version of curl to hand, regardless of system package support. Nathan LeClaire [Using nghttp2 to Work Around NGINX HTTP/2 Issues](https://blog.crashed.org/fixing-nginx-bugs-with-nghttp2/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) tutorial Peter Wemm [Rules of Thumb for HTTP/2 Push](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1K0NykTXBbbbTlv60t5MyJvXjqKGsCVNYHyLEXIxYMv0/preview?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) tutorial A technical, but relatively accessible, guide to getting the most out of HTTP/2 Push from the server’s point of view. Bergan, Pelchat, and Buettner [Using legacy and modern databases in parallel to build a healthcare app](http://blog.dreamfactory.com/?utm_source=db_weekly&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=healthcare_blog) tutorial Tutorial for combining auto-generated APIs from MySQL and MongoDB to build a medication tracker. DreamFactorysponsored [Scaling Rails to 125,000 Requests per Minute on Heroku](https://zeemee.engineering/scaling-rails-to-125-000-requests-per-minute-on-heroku-b4128a10a769?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email#.9pw6blhno) story Pete Huitsing [HEIST: HTTP Encrypted Information Can Be Stolen Through TCP-Windows [PDF\]](https://tom.vg/papers/heist_blackhat2016.pdf?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) story An academic paper. Vanhoef and Van Goethem [Protecting Netflix Viewing Privacy at Scale](http://techblog.netflix.com/2016/08/protecting-netflix-viewing-privacy-at.html?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) story A look at adding TLS to video streams. Netflix [AWS Aurora vs. AWS RDS MySQL Checklist](http://www.emind.co/blog/aws-aurora-vs-aws-rds-mysql-checklist/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) opinion Jack Bezalel [How Containers, Microservices and AI Will Lead to the Operatorless Data Center](http://thenewstack.io/how-containers-microservices-and-ai-will-lead-to-the-operatorless-data-center/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) opinion Jamie Dobson [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_8_10&utm_campaign=nl_sponsorship) tools Quickly pinpoint what’s broken and why. Get the context and insights to defeat all Software application errors. ROLLBARsponsored [Miniswarm: Create and Manage a Docker Swarm Cluster in One Command](https://github.com/aelsabbahy/miniswarm?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) tools Ahmed Elsabbahy [Paw: The Most Advanced HTTP Client for the Mac](https://paw.cloud/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) tools Costs money, has a trial, but looks great. Paw Inc.​    [Read this issue on the Web](http://webopsweekly.com/issues/78) [See our archives](http://webopsweekly.com/issues) [Change your email address](*|UPDATE_PROFILE|*)  [Stop getting this newsletter](*|UNSUB|*)  

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