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Caching Strategies in PHP: Redis, Memcached & HTTP Cache Headers

01December 8, 2021 · 16 min readPerformance

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Caching Strategies in PHP: Redis, Memcached & HTTP Cache

Covers key-value caching, cache-aside pattern, cache invalidation, and HTTP cache headers to reduce server load significantly.

PHP
Performance
Redis
Memcached
HTTP Cache

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Performance production archive

This filtered archive keeps related Performance posts together so the topic is easier to scan before opening a detailed article.

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Start with the problem.

Architecture decisionsBoundaries, interfaces, ownership, and long-term code shape.
Performance workQueries, workers, profiling, cache behavior, and production speed.
Debugging practiceTrace failures, isolate causes, and make bugs reproducible.
Security reviewsAuth, inputs, uploads, secrets, headers, and release risk.

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Performance articles

13 articles filed under Performance.

11August 3, 2021 · 14 min readPerformance

Linux Kernel Tuning With sysctl: Network Stack & Security

Tunes TCP buffer sizes, connection tracking, SYN flood protection, ICMP restrictions, and kernel hardening parameters via sysctl.conf.

Linux
sysctl
Kernel
Networking

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12May 8, 2021 · 18 min readPerformance

Configuring Linux swap: Size, Priority & zram for Better

Explains swap partitions vs swapfiles, tuning swappiness and vfs_cache_pressure, and setting up compressed zram for low-memory systems.

Linux
Swap
zram
Performance

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13April 14, 2021 · 16 min readPerformance

Linux Performance Tuning: CPU, Memory & I/O Optimization

Covers sysctl kernel parameter tuning, CPU governor settings, NUMA awareness, swappiness, and I/O scheduler selection for workloads.

Linux
Performance
CPU
Memory

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Archive overview

Performance notes with production context.

Production contextArticles focus on live-application problems: slow queries, fragile releases, unclear ownership, failed jobs, admin workflow friction, and code paths that are hard to review.
Implementation detailThe archive favors concrete Laravel and PHP decisions: Eloquent, Blade, queues, Filament, testing, security, structured data, deployment checks, and operational cleanup.
Discovery surfaceEvery listing keeps a stable URL, excerpt, date, reading time, local responsive image, category, tags, RSS entry, sitemap entry, and local search-index data.