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In fact, Laravel’s community has ultimately bonded over the extent to which PHP is, well, uncool. "PHP has this baggage, this history of being not super serious," Francis explained.

The community, like many developer communities, revolves around message boards and, in Laravel’s case, Laracons, where Otwell’s demos have become the stuff of lore, as has Otwell himself.