Why We Chose Vanilla PHP Over a Framework

Engineering

Why We Chose Vanilla PHP Over a Framework

A pragmatic take on framework fatigue.

Ravi Kandaswamy

Ravi Kandaswamy

· 7 min read

We ship a lot of code per week and we answer to one metric: time-from-idea to production. That metric pushed us toward vanilla PHP plus a small set of focused services.

The trade-off isn't universal — if you're building a generic CRUD app with a hundred contributors, reach for Laravel. For a tight, opinionated product, vanilla can win.

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