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Stick with conventions and avoid overengineering your Laravel app
Episode 123

Stick with conventions and avoid overengineering your Laravel app

No Compromises · Joel Clermont and Aaron Saray

March 29, 20258m 41s

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Show Notes

Joel and Aaron explore why pushing too many layers of abstraction can backfire in a Laravel application. They highlight the benefits of sticking to the framework’s conventions for long-term maintainability and simpler handoff to future developers.

  • (00:00) - Why framework paradigms really matter
  • (01:00) - When extra abstractions become burdens
  • (03:00) - Balancing creativity with Laravel’s conventions
  • (05:15) - Keeping code easy to revisit
  • (06:45) - silly bit

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LaravelPHP