This site is how I'm learning Laravel.

After years of WordPress I wanted to actually understand what was happening under the hood — routing, templating, how a framework fits together. So I built a blog from scratch in a framework I didn't know, which is either a solid learning strategy or just how I do things.

Flatavel (Laravel + flat files) stores posts as plain text files with YAML front matter. No database, no migrations. It's kept the scope small and forced me to actually read the Laravel docs rather than reach for a plugin.

It's not finished. But it runs, it serves pages, and I'm learning something new every time I open the project.

Good enough for me.