Can it help improve application response times?

Yes, by offloading read traffic to replicas and suggesting connection pooling, it reduces the load on the primary database and decreases latency.

Is it useful for small-scale applications?

While primarily for scaling, it helps developers implement best practices early, though it correctly identifies when single connections are acceptable for low-traffic sites.

Does it support popular PHP frameworks and ORMs?

Yes, it includes detection patterns for raw PDO, Doctrine DBAL (including PrimaryReadReplicaConnection), and standard environment configurations.

What database scaling issues does this skill detect?

It identifies single connection usage, missing replicas, SELECT queries on primary nodes, lack of connection pooling, and heavy analytical queries on writers.

Database Scaling Analyzer

Name: Database Scaling Analyzer
Author: dykyi-roman

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Database Management

Analyzes PHP applications for database access patterns that hinder horizontal scaling and primary database performance.

The Database Scaling Analyzer is a specialized tool for PHP developers looking to optimize their infrastructure for high traffic. It scans your codebase to identify critical bottlenecks such as single-connection bottlenecks, missing read replica configurations, and heavy reporting queries that should be offloaded from the primary writer. By providing clear severity ratings and refactoring examples for patterns like CQRS and connection pooling, it helps transition monolithic database setups into scalable, cloud-ready architectures.

Key Features

01Identifies single DB connection anti-patterns for read/write operations

02Surfaces heavy analytical queries that lack dedicated replica routing

03Detects missing read replica configurations in environment files and ORM settings

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05Flags SELECT queries incorrectly hitting the primary database node

06Analyzes connection pooling and persistent connection status for high-load readiness

Use Cases

01Optimizing database performance to resolve write latency on primary nodes

02Ensuring new microservices follow CQRS and read/write splitting best practices

03Auditing legacy PHP applications for cloud migration and horizontal scalability

What are Skills?·How to Install

Install with 🐟 Skill.Fish

npx skillfish add dykyi-roman/awesome-claude-code check-database-scaling

For use in Claude.ai and ChatGPT

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