On the Laravel News site they've spotlighted a resource that can help you get the best performance out of your Laravel-based applications: Performant Laravel.
Performant Laravel is a new free video course created by Chris Fidao that covers quick performance wins you can implement right now into your Laravel apps.The course includes 12 videos that range from three minutes up to twenty minutes, which makes them the perfect size for binge watching during your breaks.
Topics include the use of the "optimize" command, configuration caching, eager loading, MySQL indexing and object caching. The course is free but you do have to sign up to gain access.