That cron should be a worker
Long-running crons block your deployments, steal resources from your app container, and create support tickets. Here’s when to use workers instead.
Why you can’t just add infinite PHP-FPM workers
Workers need memory. Learn how PHP-FPM sizing hints work, why you can’t just add infinite workers, and how to tune your worker count based on actual memory usage.
Why setting your PHP memory limit to 60GB won’t help
When you see a PHP memory limit error, your instinct shouldn’t be to just increase the limit. Learn what PHP memory_limit actually does and why blindly increasing it can hurt your site’s uptime.
When php-fpm runs out of workers: a 502 error field guide
Your PHP site keeps throwing 502 errors. Your CDN shows 503s. Learn why PHP-FPM workers get exhausted and how to diagnose and fix the real problems.
The mystery of the shrinking database dump
Your database uses 10GB but dumps to 100MB. Discover why database dumps shrink, how InnoDB fragmentation works, and how to reclaim that missing storage space.