I've used Laravel since v3. Taylor's ego has started to tick me off in the last ~5 years. And, I feel like him buying a Ferrari made his priorities apparent. I'm not sure what happened to making a framework that had the nuts and bolts included out of the box. But he's clearly moved from "build a framework" to "build a platform" that drives money to his pockets.
> The basic Linode is $10 per month, and presents a VPS with vastly more capabilities than your basic Bluehost plan.
Which works great if you have an in-house sysadmin to keep those servers in working order. Otherwise, going with managed hosting is much better for a client.
Not okay.