Matt Stauffer - What to do after `laravel new` - Laracon AU 2024

[@PaulAllsopp-rh5gb]

Grow some balls and build without frameworks. They are massively over-engineered, but for good reason: they're built for millions of teams, not just yours. Build your own framework! Frontend and backend. It's not difficult and teaches you about the languages. I answer questions daily from Laravel developers about the most basic PHP stuff. Just because you know Laravel does not mean you know PHP. Get out of the damn box, people!

[@LaraconAU]

Why build without frameworks when you can be so much more productive with them? No need to build your own auth, sessions, routing, views... the list is endless! You don't have to focus on security of all these bits, either, because the framework will always have millions of teams' worth of eyes over the code. That you don't need to know PHP to build and ship apps with Laravel is testament to the usefulness of using it.