--- title: Best FREEK.DEV posts — August 2022 | daily.dev description: The most upvoted FREEK.DEV posts from August 2022, curated by the daily.dev community. canonical: https://daily.dev/sources/freek/best-of/2022/08 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:url: https://daily.dev/sources/freek/best-of/2022/08 og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Best FREEK.DEV posts — August 2022 | daily.dev og:description: The most upvoted FREEK.DEV posts from August 2022, curated by the daily.dev community. og:image: https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--VAY5ToZt--/f_auto/v1724209435/public/daily.dev%20-%20open%20graph --- # Best of FREEK.DEV — August 2022 1. 1 [](https://daily.dev/posts/how-do-database-indexes-work--qofhfwn8k "How do database indexes work?") Article FREEK.DEV · 4y How do database indexes work? Every month I send out a newsletter containing lots of interesting stuff for the modern PHP developer. Expect quick tips & tricks, interesting tutorials, opinions and packages. 83 2. 2 [](https://daily.dev/posts/is-count-slow-in-mysql--xdeadmxmb "Is COUNT(*) slow in MySQL?") Article FREEK.DEV · 4y Is COUNT(\*) slow in MySQL? Every month I send out a newsletter containing lots of interesting stuff for the modern PHP developer. Expect quick tips & tricks, interesting tutorials, opinions and packages. 27 1 3. 3 [](https://daily.dev/posts/scaling-laravel-to-100m-jobs-and-30-000-requests-minute-fezod6sae "Scaling Laravel to 100M+ jobs and 30,000 requests/minute") Article FREEK.DEV · 4y Scaling Laravel to 100M+ jobs and 30,000 requests/minute Every month I send out a newsletter containing lots of interesting stuff for the modern PHP developer. Expect quick tips & tricks, interesting tutorials, opinions and packages. 12 [See all FREEK.DEV archives](/sources/freek/best-of) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"CollectionPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/sources/freek/best-of/2022/08#page","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/freek/best-of/2022/08","name":"Best FREEK.DEV Posts — August 2022","description":"The most upvoted FREEK.DEV posts from August 2022, curated by the daily.dev community.","isPartOf":{"@type":"WebSite","url":"https://daily.dev"}},{"@type":"ItemList","@id":"https://daily.dev/sources/freek/best-of/2022/08#items","numberOfItems":3,"itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-do-database-indexes-work--qofhfwn8k","name":"How do database indexes work?"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/is-count-slow-in-mysql--xdeadmxmb","name":"Is COUNT(*) slow in MySQL?"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/scaling-laravel-to-100m-jobs-and-30-000-requests-minute-fezod6sae","name":"Scaling Laravel to 100M+ jobs and 30,000 requests/minute"}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Sources","item":"https://daily.dev/sources"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"FREEK.DEV","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/freek"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Best of","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/freek/best-of"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"name":"August 2022"}]}]} ```