Laravel vs. a CMS: When Should You Choose Each for Your Web Project?

A client asks for a website. You know Laravel, so you start planning routes, models, and an admin panel. Then you discover that the client mainly needs to publish articles and update a few pages. Another project goes the other way. A CMS gets the site online quickly, but the requirements soon include approval workflows, … Read more

Plain PHP vs. Laravel: When Should You Use Each in Web Development?

You need to build a small PHP endpoint that returns a status message. Setting up a full application framework might add more structure than this task needs. On another project, you start with a few PHP files. Then come user accounts, permissions, database changes, email notifications, and background tasks. Soon, you are maintaining your own … Read more