Using Cloudflare's D1 database with Laravel turns out to be incredibly easy... and opens the door to a lot of interesting use cases.

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Chapters:
00:00 - Intro to Website Setup
00:10 - Using SQLite and Git for Deployment
00:27 - Cloudflare for Static Site Speeds
01:01 - Deploying with Cloudflare API
01:56 - Cloudflare Reaches Out About D1 Database
02:27 - Introduction to Cloudflare D1
02:55 - Laravel Speedrun with D1
03:35 - Setting Up D1 with Laravel
04:32 - Running Migrations on D1
05:00 - Accessing Data from Cloudflare Workers
05:52 - Use Cases for Laravel and Cloudflare Workers
06:35 - Insights: Tracking Database Queries
07:00 - Time Travel with Cloudflare D1

Aaron Francis

Combining SQLite with Cloudflare D1 for a Laravel application can dramatically enhance website speed and efficiency. By using Cloudflare's aggressive caching and integrating the D1 serverless database, developers can achieve significant performance improvements. The post also highlights the ease of setup using Cloudflare's tools and explores the potential use cases for combining Laravel with Cloudflare workers.

Laravel + Cloudflare D1 speedrun