Monthly Notes 19

Summer is finally coming to Finland and it’s nice to spend more time biking in the forests than sitting in the office or reading news but nevertheless here’s this months notes. This time it’s about videos of Chome DevTools, something about Microservices and security and how switching to HTTPS isn’t so easy.

Issue 19, 29.5.2017

Tools of the trade

Chrome DevTools: State of the Union 2017
Filmed at Google I/O, Paul Irish runs through new Chrome DevTools features in 41 minutes. (from FrontEnd Focus #291)

Rethinking Microservices with Stateful Streams
Microservices are one of those polarising concepts that technologists either love or hate. Splitting applications into autonomous units clearly has advantages, but larger service-based systems tend to struggle as the interactions between the services grow. (from Microservice Weekly)

An Essential Guide to the Serverless Ecosystem
A roundup of the key serverless computing platforms, tools and frameworks available. (from DevOps Weekly #117)

Web Developer Security Checklist
Michael O’Brien shares a security checklist for web developers so that you don’t forget anything crucial in your next projects. (from WDRL #183)

Why OWASP Top 10 is no longer relevant
Good points why of OWASP Top 10 only 4 are nowadays somewhat relevant. Explains and points to new attack vectors.

War stories

HTTPS on Stack Overflow: The End of a Long Road
It’s taken years for all of Stack Overflow and its related sites to go full-HTTPS. This post goes into extreme depth on the challenges faced and problems solved along the way. (from DevOps Weekly #117)

Container isolation gone wrong
Thorough story of Microservices isolation and troubleshoot in kernel level. tl;dl; gather metrics and monitor, don’t trust kernel.

Something different

Norppalive
WWF brings you a live cam starring a freshwater seal that lives in Lake Saimaa, Finland. The Saimaa ringed seal, saimaannorppa in Finnish, is one of the rarest seals in the world.


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