The original headline is "After 20 Years of PHP, I Built the Framework I Always Wanted"

Short summary

After two decades of PHP development, an engineer built Beacon, a lightweight framework emphasizing modern server-rendered PHP without JavaScript toolchains. It includes essential features—routing, auth, validation, migrations—with strong typing and clarity as design priorities. Now open source, it's positioned as an alternative to heavyweight frameworks like Laravel and Symfony for focused, simpler projects.

• •Developer built Beacon after 20 years frustrated with Laravel/Symfony complexity for simple projects
• •Framework includes essentials (routing, auth, validation, migrations) without JavaScript dependencies
• •Emphasizes clarity, modern PHP 8.5+ features, and security by default; open source on GitHub

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