How to avoid .htaccess completely, and put your rewrite rules for Craft CMS in an Apache .conf file

BradsForMen.conf

# Using .htaccess is something you should avoid if at all possible, due to performance concerns:
# https://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/howto/htaccess.html
# Here's how to implement the rewrite rules for CraftCMS in an Apache .conf file; the key
# part is the "## Removes index.php from Craft URLs ##" section; the rest is provided
# just for context. Enjoy - andrew@nystudio107.com

<VirtualHost *:80>
  ServerName BradsForMen.com
  ServerAlias *.BradsForMen.com
  DocumentRoot /var/www/BradsForMen/public
  CustomLog /var/log/httpd/BradsForMen.com-access.log combined
  ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/BradsForMen.com-error.log

## Canonical domain rewrite ##
  <If "%{HTTP_HOST} != 'BradsForMen.com'">
    Redirect "/" "http://BradsForMen.com/"
  </If>

  <Directory /var/www/BradsForMen>
      Options FollowSymLinks
      AllowOverride None

## Removes index.php from Craft URLs ##
      <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
        RewriteEngine On
        # Send would-be 404 requests to Craft
        RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
        RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
        RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/(favicon\.ico|apple-touch-icon.*\.png)$ [NC]
        RewriteRule ^(.+) /index.php?p=$1 [QSA,L]
      </IfModule>
  </Directory>
</VirtualHost>