Thanks for the feedback! My main goal here is to recreate the workflow I'm used to with Zend (with a bunch of customized stuff I've added over the years) without all the bloat of Zend. Its more of an experiment than a finished product (started it wednesday of last week). I plan to add more tools and composer is definitely on the list. :) I guess this really stems from me not liking how ZF2 works, but not wanting to give up a workflow that works really well for me (from ZF1). I think that there are a lot of developers in the same boat as me, and I really just want to build on it and make it better.