I know right? I sometimes get jealous of laravel PHP folks, but then again JavaScript is the only language I have advanced proficiency with, so what can I do.
I'd venture a guess that other languages might be easier to learn because of the advanced JavaScript skills.
ECMAScript inspired languages (of which JS is one) are plenty.
Laravel is awfully a funny joke that any devs who follow opinions f what they heard about what was "good" or "bad" totally miss out on what's going on there.
I find it's hard to keep things simple, and easy to let things get complex. That's before complexity arrives from the user's needs on it's own.