Tim Bond
TL;DR: Laravel has a lot of overhead https://blog.openresty.com/en/laravel-hello-cpu/
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Feb 13, 2024 at 7:21pmWeb
Show threadAlex Bouma Feb 13, 2024
@TimB0nd especially when using development dependencies and no production optimizations. Curious how this would compare more apples to apples. Although it probably will always add more overhead considering all the features. Happily serving <10ms requests using Laravel so fast enough for my scale at least 🚀