--- title: Best FREEK.DEV posts — September 2023 | daily.dev description: The most upvoted FREEK.DEV posts from September 2023, curated by the daily.dev community. canonical: https://daily.dev/sources/freek/best-of/2023/09 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:url: https://daily.dev/sources/freek/best-of/2023/09 og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Best FREEK.DEV posts — September 2023 | daily.dev og:description: The most upvoted FREEK.DEV posts from September 2023, 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 — September 2023 1. 1 [](https://daily.dev/posts/solving-php-scaling-issues-baehugyb7 "Solving PHP Scaling Issues") Article FREEK.DEV · 3y Solving PHP Scaling Issues Freek Van der Herten's blog on PHP, Laravel and JavaScript Solving PHP Scaling Issues Link. He's currently organising the third edition Full Stack Europe. It's a conference in Antwerp, Belgium in October for developers who want to learn across the stack. 17 2 2. 2 [](https://daily.dev/posts/20-practical-productivity-tips-that-you-can-start-doing-today-as-a-developer-no-pomodoro--lcf1kq5rc "20 practical productivity tips that you can start doing today as a developer (no Pomodoro)") Article FREEK.DEV · 3y 20 practical productivity tips that you can start doing today as a developer (no Pomodoro) Freek Van der Herten's blog on PHP, Laravel and JavaScript 20 practical productivity tips that you can start doing today as a developer (no Pomodoro) Link – medium.com- submitted by Mazen Touati I'm currently organising the third edition Full Stack Europe. 10 3. 3 [](https://daily.dev/posts/why-does-a-backslash-prefix-improve-php-function-call-performance-vafetasnh "Why does a backslash prefix improve PHP function call performance") Article FREEK.DEV · 3y Why does a backslash prefix improve PHP function call performance Why does a backslash prefix improve PHP function call performance? Freek Van der Herten's blog on PHP, Laravel and JavaScript explains why. You'll get notifications for us when something's wrong. You'll also be able to create a public status page under a minute. 10 1 [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/2023/09#page","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/freek/best-of/2023/09","name":"Best FREEK.DEV Posts — September 2023","description":"The most upvoted FREEK.DEV posts from September 2023, curated by the daily.dev community.","isPartOf":{"@type":"WebSite","url":"https://daily.dev"}},{"@type":"ItemList","@id":"https://daily.dev/sources/freek/best-of/2023/09#items","numberOfItems":3,"itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/solving-php-scaling-issues-baehugyb7","name":"Solving PHP Scaling Issues"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/20-practical-productivity-tips-that-you-can-start-doing-today-as-a-developer-no-pomodoro--lcf1kq5rc","name":"20 practical productivity tips that you can start doing today as a developer (no Pomodoro)"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/why-does-a-backslash-prefix-improve-php-function-call-performance-vafetasnh","name":"Why does a backslash prefix improve PHP function call performance"}]},{"@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":"September 2023"}]}]} ```