The serverless PHP framework ➯ bref.sh
Joined December 2020
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I rewrote externals.io 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: github.com/mnapoli/externals
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May 21
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)
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Apr 24
New UI in Bref Cloud to go through Laravel failed jobs: list, retry, clear…
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Mar 23
New Bref documentation page: Cold Starts
bref.sh/docs/environment/col…
(should have done it years ago but better late than never)
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Feb 26
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 ⤵
bref.sh/news/03-bref-3.0
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Feb 25
Working on Bref v3 release for tomorrow 🤞
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Feb 23
Improved Bref docs on a quick win: cleanup the AWS SDK before deployment
bref.sh/docs/deploy#reducing…
(btw could also be useful if you deploy your app on a server)
ALT AWS Lambda has a 250MB limit for applications. Reducing package size involves modifying composer.json to exclude unused services.
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Feb 20
New UI to configure private networks in bref.sh/cloud
credits to @nunowar for the page design
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Jan 19
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.
serverless-visually-explaine…
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Jan 9
Improving the UX/UI for @brefphp. The new Network page is shaping up good 🎨✨
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1 Dec 2025
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!
ALT Architecture diagram showing CloudFront CDN fronting API Gateway and S3, with API Gateway routing to two Lambda functions labeled web and artisan, traffic and request metrics.
ALT Staging cloud architecture diagram showing CloudFront CDN feeding API Gateway, S3 buckets and SQS, with three Lambda functions (web, artisan, jobsWorker) and request/traffic metrics.
ALT Architecture diagram showing CloudFront CDN routing to API Gateway and S3, with Lambda functions for email-source, console, and home plus request, traffic, and error metrics.
ALT CloudFront CDN fronting an API Gateway and S3 bucket; API shows 1.3M requests, 787 HTTP 5xx errors, Lambda functions with scaling to 11 instances and 53k invokes.
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19 Nov 2025
Loved designing and implementing these Vue.js diagrams for @brefphp. Building them was the perfect way to dive deeper into the serverless world.
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18 Nov 2025
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: luma.com/d0fl0bwr
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12 Nov 2025
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?
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24 Oct 2025
From a concept designed in @figma to a live implementation with @tailwindcss and @vuejs. Enjoying working with @matthieunapoli on this project for @brefphp 🌤️✨
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15 Sep 2025
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 🥹
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12 Sep 2025
New: run Laravel Tinker in AWS Lambda 🎉
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