Backend

Where Laravel apps slow down, and how to find it
Backend
Where Laravel apps slow down, and how to find it

A Laravel app rarely falls over in one dramatic moment. It gets slower in small places nobody looked at: a relationship loaded inside a loop, a cache that never hits, a queue worker doing synchronous work, an index that was never added. The page still renders, so nobody files a ticket until response times creep past what users tolerate. Thi ...

By BrainSoft  |   14 September 2026
Making an integration idempotent so retries are safe
Backend
Making an integration idempotent so retries are safe

You've built an integration that sends orders to a fulfillment service. One day the network hiccups, the request times out, and your code retries. Now the customer gets two shipments. Retries are necessary for reliability, but without idempotency they can cause chaos. The fix is to make every operation safe to repeat. Idempotency means that ...

By BrainSoft  |   13 September 2026
Picking a queue driver: database, Redis or a managed service
Backend
Picking a queue driver: database, Redis or a managed service

Almost every project eventually needs background work: sending email, resizing images, syncing with an external API, generating a report. The first version usually runs inline and nobody notices. Then a request takes four seconds because it is waiting on a third-party endpoint, and someone says we should put this on a queue. The question that follows is which queue. ...

By BrainSoft  |   12 September 2026