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Taylor Otwell: What 14 Years of Laravel Taught Me About Maintainability

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105 points robbyrussell | 1 comments | 26 Aug 25 12:37 UTC | HN request time: 0.222s | source
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conradfr ◴[30 Aug 25 11:01 UTC] No.45073633[source]▶
Lesson 1: use Symfony components
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thinkingtoilet ◴[30 Aug 25 12:42 UTC] No.45074148[source]▶
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Lesson 1: Use the best tools available.

There's a reason why Laravel is more popular than Symfony.

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1. bakugo ◴[30 Aug 25 13:52 UTC] No.45074698[source]▶
> There's a reason why Laravel is more popular than Symfony.

Yes, and that reason is being more beginner friendly at the cost of pretty much everything else. It's not related to overall quality at all.