---
title: "Issue 79: The latest Web operations, scaling, and performance news"
publication: "StatusCode Weekly"
issue: 79
published_at: "2016-08-17"
canonical_url: "https://weekly.statuscode.com/issues/79"
---

WebOps Weekly 79   . 

The latest Web operations, HTTP, and Web performance news -[Read this on the Web](http://webopsweekly.com/issues/79) 

[![WebOps Weekly\](http://webopsweekly.com/images/webops-header.png)](http://webopsweekly.com) Issue 79 — August 17, 2016     

[Atlantis: Open Source PaaS Built on Docker](https://github.com/ooyala/atlantis?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) tools A PaaS for HTTP apps built on Docker and written in Go that makes it easy to build and deploy apps in a safe, repeatable fashion, and flexibly route requests to the appropriate containers. Ooyala [The Journey to HTTP/2](http://kamranahmed.info/blog/2016/08/13/http-in-depth/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) A look back at the history of HTTP, what it is, where things stand today, and how we got to this point. Kamran Ahmed [Distributed Logging Architecture in the Container Era](https://blog.treasuredata.com/blog/2016/08/03/distributed-logging-architecture-in-the-container-era/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) tutorial _“Containers and Microservices are great, but they cause big problems with logging. You should do what Docker does: Use Fluentd.”_ Glenn Davis [Building an app with auto-generated APIs from legacy and modern DBs, in tandem](http://blog.dreamfactory.com/building-a-healthcare-app-with-auto-generated-apis-from-sql-nosql-databases?utm_source=webops_weekly&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=healthcare) DreamFactory connects to any database and yields a robust API platform. In this custom scripting example, medical information from a MySQL database is integrated with a medication tracker built on MongoDB. DreamFactorysponsored[![\](https://copm.s3.amazonaws.com/b9e93103.png)](http://blog.dreamfactory.com/building-a-healthcare-app-with-auto-generated-apis-from-sql-nosql-databases?utm_source=webops_weekly&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=healthcare) [How PayPal Scaled to Billions of Daily Transactions With Just 8 VMs](http://highscalability.com/blog/2016/8/15/how-paypal-scaled-to-billions-of-transactions-daily-using-ju.html?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) In short, PayPal moved to an actor-based model built on Akka. High Scalability [Minikube: Run Kubernetes Locally in a VM](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) tools Runs a single-node Kubernetes cluster inside a local VM for users looking to try out Kubernetes or develop with it day-to-day. kubernetes [Best Practices for Building a Microservice Architecture](http://www.vinaysahni.com/best-practices-for-building-a-microservice-architecture?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) opinion A curated set of pragmatic practices for building a microservice architecture that fits well with modern web and cloud technologies. Vinay Sahni Jobs [Director, Infrastructure Engineering, San Francisco, CA](http://www.healthline.com/health/careers?cjobid=KD304748630&rpid=19048) Healthline is the 2nd largest and fastest growing health site. We are building a high quality team, will be very competitive and have great benefits. Come help us build a modern stack to grow on. We will relocate. Healthline.​com [Find Your Perfect Company Match](https://hired.com/?utm_source=newsletters&utm_medium=petercooperpress&utm_campaign=q3-16-webopsweekly) You're smart, you're efficient. Why job hunt the old way? Try Hired and get your profile in front of thousands of top tech companies. Hired.​com In brief [IPv6 Support for Amazon S3 Now Available](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/now-available-ipv6-support-for-amazon-s3/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) news Amazon [All of Google's Cloud Database Services Are Now Out Of Beta](https://techcrunch.com/2016/08/16/all-of-googles-cloud-database-services-are-now-out-of-beta-and-nearline-cold-storage-gets-faster/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) news Frederic Lardinois [Squarespace Unveils a Local Development Server](https://engineering.squarespace.com/blog/2016/the-developer-platform-gets-local?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) news Squarespace is a popular Web-based site building and hosting platform but now developers can work on templates locally. Squarespace [YC Combinator Companies' Tech Stacks](http://themacro.com/articles/2016/08/yc-tech-stacks/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) news Not very deep, but 55% use AWS and CloudFront is the most popular CDN. The Macro [Free eBook: The Shortlist of Docker Hosting](https://resources.codeship.com/ebooks/docker-hosting/?utm_source=webopsweeklysecondary) Learn how to use Docker to solve the problems of inconsistent environments on varying deployment targets and how to build an app to run inside an isolated Docker Container. Codeshipsponsored [Fuzzing NGINX with American Fuzzy Lop (not the bunny)](https://www.invincealabs.com/blog/2016/08/fuzzing-nginx-with-afl/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) tutorial Amy Armbrust [Going Serverless with AWS Lambda and API Gateway](http://blog.ryankelly.us/2016/08/07/going-serverless-with-aws-lambda-and-api-gateway.html?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) tutorial Ryan Kelly [How To Set Up And Deploy To A 1000-Node Docker Swarm](http://blog.nimbleci.com/2016/08/17/how-to-set-up-and-deploy-to-a-1000-node-docker-swarm/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) tutorial When “Buy 1000 bare metal servers” is step one, you know it’s high level ;-) Emmet O'Grady [S(GH)PA: The Single-Page App Hack For GitHub Pages](https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2016/08/sghpa-single-page-app-hack-github-pages/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) tutorial Smashing Magazine [30K Page Views for $0.21: A Serverless Story](https://fmlnerd.com/2016/08/16/30k-page-views-for-0-21-a-serverless-story/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) story How various AWS services have been used to host a ‘fantasy movie league’ site. Pete Johnson [Object Storage with Cassandra and Pithos](https://www.exoscale.ch/syslog/2016/08/15/object-storage-cassandra-pithos/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) story Exoscale [Rachel Reese on The Good and Bad of Microservices (with F#)](https://www.infoq.com/interviews/rachel-reese-microservices-fsharp-qcon-london-2016?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) video InfoQ [A Q&A with James Turnbull on the Art of Monitoring in the Age of Microservices](http://thenewstack.io/qa-james-turnbull-art-monitoring-age-microservices/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) opinion Joab Jackson [Why are Containers so Disruptive to the Data Centre?](https://medium.com/microscaling-systems/why-are-containers-so-disruptive-to-the-data-centre-58dad83dda4c?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) opinion Anne Currie [Should CDNs Tighten Up Their Security?](https://scotthelme.co.uk/should-we-tighten-up-security-on-our-cdns/?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) opinion Scott Helme [Ask HN: What Is The Future of Back-End Development?](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12274150&utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) opinion Hacker News [The Real Revolution of Serverless Is Auth, Not Microservices](http://www.benrady.com/2016/08/the-real-revolution-of-serverless-is-auth-not-microservices.html?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) opinion Ben Rady [Centrally Manage and Troubleshoot Server Tool Agents Across Environments](http://www.intigua.com?utm_campaign=WebOps%20Weekly%202016-08&utm_content=homepage&utm_medium=newsletter-ad&utm_source=WebOps) tools Intigua saves Ops teams countless hours of tedious work deploying, maintaining and fixing server tool agents Intiguasponsored [Kubernetes Certificate Manager](https://github.com/kelseyhightower/kube-cert-manager?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) tools Manage Lets Encrypt Certificates for a Kubernetes Cluster. Kelsey Hightower [modserver: An HTTP/1.1 Application Server C Library](https://github.com/ers35/modserver?utm_source=webopsweekly&utm_medium=email) code Can be used from numerous languages. Eric R.​ Schulz    [Read this issue on the Web](http://webopsweekly.com/issues/79) [See our archives](http://webopsweekly.com/issues) [Change your email address](*|UPDATE_PROFILE|*)  [Stop getting this newsletter](*|UNSUB|*)  

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