Stick with conventions and avoid overengineering your Laravel app

Would you rather live in an avant-garde house that looks unique, but you can't find the fuse box? Or would you prefer a boring, but functional and easy to maintain house? I think you'll know how I'd answer after listening to this podcast episode.

In the latest episode of the No Compromises podcast, we discuss why pushing too many layers of abstraction can backfire in a Laravel application. We also 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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Here to help,

Joel

P.S. Imagine having a whole book of helpful tips like this one?