# Eloquent Performance and Database Design: Evidence Before Eager Loading

DevFeed: [Eloquent Performance and Database Design: Evidence Before Eager Loading](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/eloquent-performance-and-database-design-evidence-before-eager-loading-33303.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://freek.dev/3190-eloquent-performance-and-database-design-evidence-before-eager-loading>)

Author: Freek Van der Herten (freek@spatie.be)

Published: 2026-09-11T12:30:27Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [freek.dev - all blogposts](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/freek-dev-all-blogposts.md>)

Topics: [Eloquent ORM](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/eloquent.md>), [Database](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/database.md>), [Laravel](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/laravel.md>), [PHP](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/php.md>)

Tags: [database](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/database.md>), [eager-loading](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/eager-loading.md>), [eloquent](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/eloquent.md>), [indexes](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/indexes.md>), [laravel](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/laravel.md>), [optimization](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/optimization.md>), [performance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/performance.md>), [php](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/php.md>), [query](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/query.md>)

## AI overview

A practical deep dive into improving Eloquent performance and database design for a growing team dashboard. It covers detecting N+1 queries, choosing aggregates and indexes, inspecting query plans, pagination, chunking, and transaction boundaries.

## Source excerpt

A deep dive into Eloquent performance, from detecting N+1 queries to choosing aggregates, indexes, query plans, pagination, chunking, and transaction boundaries for a growing team dashboard. Read more