Bref

The serverless PHP framework ➯

[Bref @brefphp]

Bref is 4 years old today!

▸ 118 contributors
▸ 118 releases
▸ 300 community members in Slack
▸ 3k downloads/day
▸ 1 billion requests processed each week

PHP + AWS Lambda = ❤️

[Matthieu Napoli @matthieunapoli]

I rewrote https://t.co/oQgoeAjhDt to Laravel!
(runs with Octane on @brefphp)
50% of requests under 5ms, p90 is 40ms 🚀
2.5M req/mo, costs: ~$2.5/mo + $11 for the database, staging costs $0

Open source on GitHub: https://t.co/PqHm58znGh

[Matthieu Napoli @matthieunapoli]

I have a Laravel app running serverless with @brefphp and generating PDF via chrome on Lambda.

I added X-Ray to visualize it:
1 - the HTTP route (Laravel controller) invokes the pdf function synchronously and passes it a URL to render
2 - the "pdf-renderer" function starts chromium, opens the URL, exports it to PDF, and uploads it to S3
3 - the HTTP route returns a temporary signed URL to the S3 file

This specific scenario is synchronous (~1s) because the PDF is live generated.
When possible the PDF is generated asynchronously in a Laravel job.

With that approach I write PDF templates with blade, it renders exactly the same locally or in Lambda (easy to test), never have to worry about scaling, and pay per PDF generated (about 0.004 cents/PDF)

[Edd Mann @edd_mann]

TIL about @brefphp's CloudWatch log formatter, �� Monolog's built in JSON formatter.

[Matthieu Napoli @matthieunapoli]

New UI in Bref Cloud to go through Laravel failed jobs: list, retry, clear…

[Matthieu Napoli @matthieunapoli]

New Bref documentation page: Cold Starts

https://t.co/SKQfwFkSwb

(should have done it years ago but better late than never)

[Marcel Pociot 🧪 @marcelpociot]

.@brefphp v3😮

[Matthieu Napoli @matthieunapoli]

Bref 3 is released 🎉

Since its creation, Bref has served 1.2 trillion requests and jobs!

▸ simpler & lighter runtimes
▸ PHP 8.5
▸ improved observability (logs & tracing)
▸ simpler Laravel onboarding
▸ postgres & redis built-in
and more ⤵
https://t.co/QOleQKoAs0

[Matthieu Napoli @matthieunapoli]

Working on Bref v3 release for tomorrow 🤞

[Matthieu Napoli @matthieunapoli]

Improved Bref docs on a quick win: cleanup the AWS SDK before deployment
https://t.co/IB9PE56U1H

(btw could also be useful if you deploy your app on a server)

[Matthieu Napoli @matthieunapoli]

New UI to configure private networks in https://t.co/hs9161DqLH
credits to @nunowar for the page design

[Bref @brefphp]

thank you @depotdev for all the build time saved 🙏

[Matthieu Napoli @matthieunapoli]

I created the Serverless Visually Explained course 6 years ago.
It's now free!

If you want concrete JS and PHP examples, with live animations, and no-bullshit explanations on what serverless is, you can click and read.

https://t.co/E3CnbWSJ1I

[Nuno Guerra @nunowar]

Improving the UX/UI for @brefphp. The new Network page is shaping up good 🎨✨

[Matthieu Napoli @matthieunapoli]

Application diagrams are live in Bref Cloud ✨

They'll help understand how serverless applications run in AWS:
- CloudFront CDN
- S3 for assets
- PHP runs on Lambda
- SQS queues…

Metrics are live: requests, latency, scaling, errors…

beautiful design by @nunowar!

[Nuno Guerra @nunowar]

Loved designing and implementing these Vue.js diagrams for @brefphp. Building them was the perfect way to dive deeper into the serverless world.

[nunomaduro @enunomaduro]

NEXT MONDAY: PHP Portugal Meetup v16 🚨

📆 November 24, Lisbon, Portugal
💻 2 Talks by @matthieunapoli (creator of @brefphp) and TBH
🍕 Free snacks and drinks
🥇 Sponsors: @inscaleglobal and @laravelphp

REGISTER NOW: https://t.co/BbIuo2SVXj

[Matthieu Napoli @matthieunapoli]

I often get asked about the differences between serverless and containers/servers

I updated @brefphp docs to be much more upfront about what to expect to migrate to serverless.

Am I missing something? What's unclear?

[Nuno Guerra @nunowar]

From a concept designed in @figma to a live implementation with @tailwindcss and @vuejs. Enjoying working with @matthieunapoli on this project for @brefphp 🌤️✨

[Matthieu Napoli @matthieunapoli]

That moment when you learn that one of the most well known and respected company on the internet uses Bref… but that they don't allow sharing the name 🥹

[Matthieu Napoli @matthieunapoli]

New: run Laravel Tinker in AWS Lambda 🎉