Chapter 3: PHP-level Performance Optimization with Blackfire
by Bruno Skvorc
Throughout the past few months, we've introduced Blackfire and ways in which it can be used to detect application performance bottlenecks. In this post, we'll apply it to our freshly started project to try and find the low-points and low-hanging fruit which we can pick to improve our app's performance.
If you're using Homestead Improved (and you should be), Blackfire is already installed. Blackfire should only ever be installed in development, not in production, so it's fine to only have it there.
Performance Implication in Production
Blackfire can be installed in production, as it doesn't really trigger for users unless they manually initiate it with the installed ...
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