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Matthieu Napoli

@mnapoli.bsky.social

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Building ▸ bref.sh ▸ https://bref.sh/cloud ▸ https://github.com/getlift ▸ https://port7777.com AWS serverless hero

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Matthieu Napoli @mnapoli.bsky.social · Mar 21

✦ Bref Cloud is live ✦

Modern PHP hosting should be simple: instantly scalable, redundant, monitored, and secure.

Get the best of AWS and serverless with an intuitive dashboard and CLI. No need to become an AWS expert

try it out ↓
bref.sh/cloud

Bref Cloud - Serverless PHP hosting on AWS Lambda - powerful, scalable, simple – Bref

Deploy PHP applications on AWS Lambda for unlimited scalability and enterprise-grade reliability. Get all the power of serverless without the complexity.

bref.sh

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Matthieu Napoli @mnapoli.bsky.social · 24d

Crossed 2000 pull requests in bref.sh 💪

Bref – Simple and scalable PHP with serverless

Bref is a framework to write and deploy serverless PHP applications on AWS Lambda.

bref.sh

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Matthieu Napoli @mnapoli.bsky.social · 24d

Nah apparently they have a policy it’s complicated to get through

Matthieu Napoli @mnapoli.bsky.social · 24d

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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Matthieu Napoli @mnapoli.bsky.social · 25d

SWIFT bank transfer blocked: "Please provide complete name"

"Null" *is* my company name…

Happened before to receive payments, now it's for paying others 😂
Also banks communicate via these printed protocols wtf

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Matthieu Napoli @mnapoli.bsky.social · 28d

New: run Laravel Tinker in AWS Lambda 🎉

Documentation: bref.sh/docs/larave...

Matthieu Napoli @mnapoli.bsky.social · Sep 9

It depends on the application of course, the one I used here for my tests it went from 1.3s to 750ms IIRC

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Matthieu Napoli @mnapoli.bsky.social · Sep 9

New post: Optimizing Laravel cold starts on AWS Lambda

I looked into pre-compiling opcache before deploying

mnapoli.fr/optimizing-...

Optimizing Laravel cold starts on AWS Lambda

This article is based on my notes after experimenting with caching as much as possible before deploying a Laravel application to AWS Lambda using Bref. The goal was to optimize AWS Lambda cold starts, without slowing down warm invocations.

mnapoli.fr

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Matthieu Napoli @mnapoli.bsky.social · Sep 8

Small improvements to the X-Ray bridge: there's a changelog (
bref.sh/xray/changelog), and Laravel's HTTP client is now automatically traced 💪

Matthieu Napoli @mnapoli.bsky.social · Sep 1

So cool, my talk at DutchPHP is finally up!

This one was special for me for 2 reasons: I launched Bref Cloud during the talk, and a bit of a personal story at the end (with the floppy disks) ❤️

www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGL...

PHP serverless: how it actually works by Matthieu Napoli

We are happy to share this inspiring talk from The Dutch PHP Conference 2025!

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Edd Mann @eddmann.com · Aug 23

Going Serverless doesn't mean starting over.

In a recent Compiled Conversations episode, @mnapoli.bsky.social shares how apps can go serverless without large rewrites - using it simply as hosting, without going all-in on cloud native.

🎧 compiledconversations.com/3/

#Serverless #PHP

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Matthieu Napoli @mnapoli.bsky.social · Aug 25

I've been deep into Bref v3 refactors, migrations, improvements… Feels so good when benchmarks show cold starts keep getting shorter 😌

Matthieu Napoli @mnapoli.bsky.social · Aug 22

I wanted easter eggs even for myself, I got that!

Matthieu Napoli @mnapoli.bsky.social · Aug 22

Ohhh i see! I asked Claude to add more commands after the initial ones and I didn’t play with this one 😂

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Matthieu Napoli @mnapoli.bsky.social · Aug 22

I was serious 😅 I just looked it up, not sure what it’s used for but I went for the dos-based computers or mainframe aesthetics

Matthieu Napoli @mnapoli.bsky.social · Aug 21

What is neofetch?

Matthieu Napoli @mnapoli.bsky.social · Aug 21

That moment when you finally merge a 2 year old pull request 👨‍🍳
github.com/brefphp/aws...

Switch to Amazon Linux 2023 for Bref v3 by mnapoli · Pull Request #122 · brefphp/aws-lambda-layers

Bref needs to support AL2023, this PR will be included in Bref v3. It removes a lot of custom system libraries we compile because AL2023 contains more recent versions: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/l...

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Matthieu Napoli @mnapoli.bsky.social · Aug 21

I am sure glad that GitHub has a generous free tier for open-source, and that depot.dev is graciously sponsoring Bref builds… and making them 10 times faster 💙💙

Matthieu Napoli @mnapoli.bsky.social · Aug 19

> "if you're not embarrassed by the first version you've launched too late"

Me: one last easter egg, I promise last one
favicon.show/

favicon.show - Universal Favicon URL

Get any website's favicon with a simple URL. Fast, reliable, with smart fallbacks.

favicon.show

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Matthieu Napoli @mnapoli.bsky.social · Aug 19

A common mistake with migrations to Bref is setting AWS access keys in env variables.

That's not needed: AWS Lambda automatically provides access keys. It's more secure as these creds are granular, temporary, and rotated.

Documented that in a new page:
bref.sh/docs/enviro...

AWS credentials on AWS Lambda – Bref

Access other AWS services from AWS Lambda by using the built-in AWS credentials.

bref.sh

Matthieu Napoli @mnapoli.bsky.social · Aug 18

The screenshot on
bref.sh/cloud now turns into a video when clicked

Here's the video, feedback is welcome!

Matthieu Napoli @mnapoli.bsky.social · Aug 18

The thing I'm most proud of with this project is that I bought the domain AFTER building the thing 🏅

Matthieu Napoli @mnapoli.bsky.social · Aug 17

Week-end project: get the favicon of any website

runs on Cloudflare workers, code is open-source on GitHub. Loads of easter eggs on the website too :p

favicon.show/

favicon.show - Universal Favicon URL

Get any website's favicon with a simple URL. Fast, reliable, with smart fallbacks.

favicon.show

Matthieu Napoli @mnapoli.bsky.social · Aug 17

Please don’t hack my server 😬

Matthieu Napoli @mnapoli.bsky.social · Aug 17

Week-end project: get the favicon of any website

runs on Cloudflare workers, code is open-source on GitHub. Loads of easter eggs on the website too :p

favicon.show/

favicon.show - Universal Favicon URL

Get any website's favicon with a simple URL. Fast, reliable, with smart fallbacks.

favicon.show

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Matthieu Napoli @mnapoli.bsky.social · Aug 15

Published PHP-DI 7.1 which adds support for native PHP proxies for lazy-loaded services
github.com/PHP-DI/PHP-D...

Release 7.1.0 · PHP-DI/PHP-DI

What's Changed Add support for native PHP 8.4+ lazy proxies. by @BusterNeece in #917 When running on PHP 8.4 or later, lazy loaded services will now automatically use native PHP lazy objects. Tha...

github.com

Matthieu Napoli @mnapoli.bsky.social · Aug 8

No idea I’m on max plan