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Visualizing the invisible: A thriller in decoupled complexity

Decoupled applications promise simplicity and resilience—but when a crash strikes, the hidden complexity can become a developer’s nightmare. How do you uncover the invisible issues?

By Thomas di Luccio, on Mar 19, 2025

Convince your boss: Why investing in Blackfire is a wise business decision

Investing in application performance isn’t just a technical concern—it’s a business imperative. Blackfire helps companies optimize their software, reducing debugging time, cutting infrastructure costs, and improving user experience. Here’s why adopting Blackfire is a smart decision that delivers measurable returns.

By Thomas di Luccio, on Mar 05, 2025

Building Blackfire together: Join the conversation

Building a great product isn’t just about a vision—it’s about solving the right problems for the people who use it daily. Our goal is to shape the future of Continuous Observability with you. Join our Discord community to share feedback, request features, and help us eliminate friction points. Your input drives our roadmap—let’s build Blackfire together!

By Thomas di Luccio, on Feb 19, 2025

Introducing continuous profiling for Java

Blackfire’s continuous profiling now supports Java, unlocking deeper visibility and enabling you to optimize everything from lightweight microservices to mission-critical enterprise applications. By delivering real-time performance insights, Blackfire helps you stay ahead of potential bottlenecks and enhance your users’ experience.

By Thomas di Luccio, on Feb 05, 2025

Announcing Blackfire Support for PHP 8.4

Blackfire now supports PHP 8.4.

By Thomas di Luccio, on Dec 11, 2024

Blackfire Black Friday: Get 30% off yearly subscriptions for a lifetime!

Take advantage of our exclusive Black Friday 2024 offer and get 30% off yearly plans—forever. Start optimizing your application’s performance effortlessly and stay ahead with Blackfire.

By Thomas di Luccio, on Nov 20, 2024

Introducing continuous profiling for Rust and Ruby

Blackfire’s continuous profiling now supports Rust and Ruby. Whether you’re optimizing Rust’s high-performance services or fine-tuning Ruby web applications, Blackfire offers essential insights to enhance your application’s efficiency.

By Thomas di Luccio, on Nov 13, 2024

Spot the difference: timeframe comparison with Blackfire continuous profiler

Blackfire introduces timeframe comparison, a new addition to our continuous profiling dashboard that helps you monitor and optimize resource usage by comparing two different timeframes. With intuitive visuals and detailed insights, you can easily detect changes, troubleshoot issues, and make data-driven decisions.

By Thomas di Luccio, on Oct 16, 2024

Announcing changes to the “Profile all requests” feature on Chrome

Chrome Manifest v3 limits our ‘Profile all requests’ feature, forcing its removal from the Chrome extension. While we explore solutions, Firefox users can continue using this capability seamlessly.

By Thomas di Luccio, on Sep 05, 2024

Boosting PHP performance: mastering OPcache optimization with Blackfire

Unlock the full potential of your PHP applications with our comprehensive guide to OPcache optimization. Dive deep into the PHP compilation mechanism and see how Blackfire’s continuous observability solution can ensure your settings are always optimized for the best performance.

By Thomas di Luccio, on Jul 17, 2024