🚨 Laravel developers: adding an index to a large production table isn't always harmless.

A simple:

$table->index(...)

can lead to locking, slow queries, and application impact when the table has millions of rows.

I wrote about safer approaches to adding indexes without unnecessarily blocking your Laravel app.

👇 Read the guide:

Adding Indexes to Large Tables in Laravel Without Locking Them

Learn how to add indexes to large MySQL and PostgreSQL tables in Laravel without locking production — with working migration code and gotchas.

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