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No, its definitely not. However, I can think of a few instances where I might use it along with Deepstream.

Similarly (without reading too much about it) can I use InfluxDb instead of RethinkDb? (Disclaimer: I'm a RethinkDB fanboy, but I'd like to know my options.)

Yeah, that's the same conclusion that I came to myself. In my past experience the bottleneck is almost always the database but throw in Laravel and it takes some serious hardware just to stay afloat.

I recently started thinking about switching languages and like everyone I know I started with Node.js first. I found myself rapidly infuriated with it and decided to try out Go. I wrote a quick S3 upload demo app just to grok it and I was thrilled with the results. Scala outperforms Go but I like Go a little more for rapid app dev. If you decide to take the plunge do let us know how it goes!

I've been resistant to using React, but this is a great and clear example of the power of React! Thanks for sharing.

Great response, and you make a great point - focus on coding speed is a great reason to choose Laravel. It's also hugely popular and now with it's LTS, it's going to be around for a while.

For me personally, I was a ZF 1.x guy; when I started a new project I chose Laravel, and it was a dream - crazy zippy (compared to ZF). But as I started to do more with it, I started to need to reduce my feature set, implement performance "features" just to retain a measure of speed.

Is 5.x faster than 4.x? Sure. Does it include batteries and the kitchen sink? You bet. Do I still prefer a faster framework like Phalcon and implement the features I miss myself? Damned skippy.

Too bad it is still slow as a glacier.

Cause really, most of us are old enough to remember this show.

Biggest thing I can't stand about the new overhaul is the barrier for the open source version - I want to evaluate for my purposes, not give you my email.

Been following Riak for some time now, and I'm hopeful this will do good things for Basho.

Bloody creepy.