How long ago was your experience? I started using Laravel early last year, took a hiatus and have been actively developing in it for the past 7 months. This is coming from years with Perl Dancer / Dancer2. I have not run into these issues. But I have to admit my own bias in preferring the “show me how” instructional method over “tell me everything, no matter how esoteric”. I’ve also found Laravel superior to Dancer in every way. But I did have to get into a different mindset.