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by Double_a_92 2683 days ago
> Laravel just has too much magic that will bite you later on.

Especially when that is not explained in the docs or just in a very vague way...

I tried improving the docs by pointing out where magic (e.g. fix naming conventions) is needed and where not, but the mantainer just turned that into vague mush again (after he had even agreed to the changes).

Also if you need any more details that are not in the docs, everyone points you to paid video courses that assume you have a Mac...

That honestly leaves me with a bad taste im my mouth after trying laravel :/

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Laravel feels like some sort of lifestyle.

I don’t know. It’s odd.

> Also if you need any more details that are not in the docs, everyone points you to paid video courses that assume you have a Mac...

I assume you're referring to laracasts.com... what does having a mac have to do with the videos there?

When I watched it 2-3 years ago most of the tooling that they set up was OSX specific. Nothing tragic, but still.