[ofrzeta]

> the community is quite eager to make new shiny things and forget about existing things.

When I got into the Laravel ecosystem I had high hopes for all packages made by Spatie (Belgian Laravel agency). Later I noticed that the packages aren't all that great (or: very opinionated, less idiomatic) and that I fell for their great marketing. The packages sometimes are more of a self-promotion device. Also some of them are open core only (for instance media library has a corresponding media library pro).

Relating to your other point they aren't only "created" but "crafted" as so many other "artisan" in the web programming space, maybe especially in the Laravel world :)

So, if working with Laravel be sure to take everything with a huge grain of salt.

Next time I'll start a PHP project I'll probably go with Symfony.