To be honest, I'm sure all the features of Laravel I use could also be done with external libraries, but researching and finding something suitable, hooking it

To be honest, I'm sure all the features of Laravel I use could also be done with external libraries, but researching and finding something suitable, hooking it together, configuring, integrating it into my project is something I am unwilling to spend time on. I write code to solve problems for my company, so building a framework is very low on my priorities. I'd rather just use something that is ready on day one. Maybe it's not to everyone's taste but I like the fact I can just get on with trying to build my product.