Friday links 121

1. Martin Fowler on Characteristics of Microservices
2. Top Trends in Business Intelligence and Analytics for 2015
3. Top 10 Trends in Business Intelligence in 2015 | Tableau Software
4. ElasticSearch use – 3S Wiki – Ubisoft Wiki
5. SMS Sending Using ASP.NET
6. Putin is trying to save Russia’s economy with one weird trick – The Washington Post
7. 50 Numbers From 2014 That Reflect On The Times | David Stockman’s Contra Corner
8. Type Scale – A Visual Calculator
9. Grunt And Gulp Tasks For Performance Optimization | Yeoman
10. Performance tooling today
11. QrCode.Net – Home
12. 8 Questions Every Candidate Should Ask In A Job Interview – Microsoft MVP Mentor Blog – Site Home – MSDN Blogs
13. Finding your way in the ASP.NET Forums – Tips and Guidelines | The ASP.NET Forums
14. C#er : IMage: The Top 5 Mistakes AngularJS Developers Make Part 4: Hacking the DOM
15. C#er : IMage: The Top 5 Mistakes AngularJS Developers Make Part 1: Relying on $scope