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PHP is updated on all Tideways servers via Ubuntu Sury Packages to fix the critical security vulnerabilities. See buff.ly/Hda25ij for up to date information.

"In Search of Lost Time", database edition: page 1 of our test list loaded in 2 ms, page 15,000 in 127 ms. See the difference between offset and cursor pagination in a Doctrine ORM 3.7 example blog and video: Blog post: buff.ly/jMwqHQX Video: buff.ly/U0YHY5Z

Ruth is heading to Meet Magento Netherlands in Amsterdam on November 5, presented by @mage_os_nl. DM her if you'd like to meet! buff.ly/1EuxQxZ

We take a deep look at the new PHP 8.6 Polling API: Performance, Throughput and Readability compared to legacy stream_select approach: buff.ly/DH52dY2

Twitter (X) had the fail whale, GitHub has the angry unicorn. Both stop slow requests before they block everyone else. PHP can do the same: lower max_execution_time to 5–10 seconds. Four ways to safely raise it where needed in our blog post: buff.ly/gBDlN7y

We’re joining @MeetMagento_DE 2026 as a Gold Sponsor 📅 Oct 22, 2026 📍 Pyramide Mainz Benjamin and Ruth will be on-site. Looking forward to reconnecting with the Magento community in Germany. See you there! buff.ly/n2eb56g

Ruth's heading to Mage Camp 2026 in Manchester (Oct 14); her third Magento event this year. DM Ruth if you'll be there! buff.ly/vjwl9r3

We're sponsoring & attending #unKonf2026 on October 10 in Mannheim, organized by our partner @bitExpertAG. Tobias, Tim & @__edorian will be there. Stop by for a chat about PHP performance, profiling, observability or just to say hello. See you there! buff.ly/JGvXYZL

Benjamin speaks at #ForumPHP2026 hosted by @AFUP (Oct 8–9, Paris) on AI-assisted dev with production data. Say hi! buff.ly/h7HJ8S3

Our Tideways 2026.3 Release is out: AI-assisted performance analysis through the Tideways CLI, continued PHP 8.6 compatibility, and new automatic bottleneck detections for Shopware, Magento, Laravel, and Symfony. Read more in our blog post: buff.ly/Xp09QMj

We tip our hats to each other: Frontend meets backend monitoring Join our “Fast & Curious #2” webinar with @suxbyrumvision & Tideways to see how browser metrics & backend traces work together in a real optimization case. Register here: vimeo.com/event/6125308/regi…

Benjamin speaks at the @ApiPlatform Conference in Lille, Sep 17–18, 2026, hosted by @coopTilleuls Topic: Is FrankenPHP the fastest way to run PHP? He will compare FrankenPHP with PHP-FPM, Apache, & Swoole, based on benchmarks & production use cases. buff.ly/WDEZQTb

Benjamin and Ruth will be at Meet Magento Czech in Prague on August 27. Tideways is proud to support the event as a Community Sponsor. Say hello to chat about Magento performance!

Rumor has it that PHP is rarely the bottleneck. We checked: across 1,240 projects, PHP eats over 40% of request time on average. For a third of projects, it's over 50%. Time-eater: exposed. Myth: busted. Blog post: buff.ly/7tcGEG2

Don't let innocent-looking SQL queries fool you A simple UPDATE for a last_seen timestamp can become a surprising performance bottleneck as your application grows. Blog post: buff.ly/8f7XTx8 Video: youtu.be/jxChblV3OdM

`array_map()` gets faster in PHP 8.6 Thanks to an engine optimization, `array_map()` calls using first-class callables as callback are now automatically optimized into `foreach` loops, improving performance by 10% in synthetic benchmarks. Read our post: buff.ly/nPskb1B

Welcome to our partner program, Cloudbear! Cloudbear provides managed hosting & DevOps services for PHP apps. Together, we help teams build, run, & optimize PHP applications with less operational overhead & better performance. Looking forward to what we’ll achieve together

Ruth is attending @MeetMagentoUK in London on July 7 Say hello if you'd like to chat about customer experience, onboarding, feedback, partnerships, or your Tideways setup. See you in London! tideways.com/profiler/blog/m…

Our Tideways 2026.2 Release is out: Follow execution order. Understand dependencies. Find bottlenecks faster. Our Release introduces a redesigned Timeline, unified spans, and improved GraphQL instrumentation. Read more in our blog post. tideways.com/profiler/blog/t…

Meet Benjamin at the ScaleCommerce BBQ in Karlsruhe @ScaleCommerce hosts their e-commerce BBQ on June 11, 2026. Workshops, talks, and networking at HubRaum. Benjamin will be there to talk about PHP performance. tideways.com/profiler/blog/m…