Laravel is pretty quick to get up and running with just a few terminal commands, I wouldn't say there are lots of pieces of tech you have to learn. Laracasts.co

Laravel is pretty quick to get up and running with just a few terminal commands, I wouldn't say there are lots of pieces of tech you have to learn. Laracasts.com is a great starting point. I'd recommend using Laravel Jetstream + Tailwind + Livewire. Jetstream is free and give you auth 2FA and nice user profile out of the box. Spark v2 ($199/yr unlimited projects) is only the billing portion now, you could use cashier for that for free. So you get a decent SaaS starting point with Jetstream + Cashier. Spark is probably a time saver, unless you want to customize plans/payments, then it might be better to just go with Cashier. For local development checkout Laravel Valet. There are some paid products and services, but they are well worth it. Laravel Forge is amazing for spinning up VPS, SSL certs and more. Plus they support the open source project and community members putting out great content.