Why I use Vanilla PHP in 2025
Published on December 13, 2025
Complex frameworks (Next.js, Laravel) have their place. But for a personal portfolio or a high-performance landing page, the overhead is unnecessary.
Vanilla PHP is:
- Fast: No hydration, no bundle size.
- Simple: Deploy by dragging files.
- Stable: Code I wrote 5 years ago still runs perfectly.
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