Matthieu Napoli

Playing with an idea for PHP: auto-escaping untrusted strings in SQL queries.

What do we think about this idea? 👇
github.com/mnapoli/aut...

Bref – Simple and scalable PHP with serverless Bref is a framework to write and deploy serverless PHP applications on AWS Lambda.

Crossed 2000 pull requests in bref.sh 💪

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

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 🥹

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

New: run Laravel Tinker in AWS Lambda 🎉

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

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

New post: Optimizing Laravel cold starts on AWS Lambda

I looked into pre-compiling opcache before deploying

mnapoli.fr/optimizing-...

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

We are happy to share this inspiring talk from The Dutch PHP Conference 2025! PHP serverless: how it actually works by Matthieu Napoli

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...

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

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

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

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

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

What is neofetch?

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...

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

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 💙💙

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> "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/

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

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...

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

Here's the video, feedback is welcome!

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

Please don’t hack my server 😬

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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/

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...

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

No idea I’m on max plan

Tried GPT5 instead of Claude Code (via Conductor by @charliebholtz), it takes forever.
Last attempt at a simple task (add a model to Laravel Nova):
- GPT5 took 17 min (~$1) and didn't finish (rate limit error)
- Claude took 3 min, made one small mistake (fixed), and it's working

Tailwind defaults 🙈

Oh nice!

Got it, and having always an extra class (action + job instead of just job) isn’t annoying to deal with?