One of the most interesting things about the Laravel ecosystem is how an open source project has allowed multiple independent businesses spring up around the core project that facilitate things like management, deployment, etc. I know laravel is not unique in this respect, and that lots of the tooling around it is from Taylor Otwell (founder) but there are lots of others as well.

I’ve always been impressed by how developer quality of life is such a high priority goal of Laravel. I think much of its adoption, and the successful businesses that have sprung up around it is a validation that they’ve done that right.