Zod is basically the standalone version of Laravel's validation (https://laravel.com/docs/12.x/validation#quick-writing-the-validation-logic https://laravel.com

Zod is basically the standalone version of Laravel's validation (https://laravel.com/docs/12.x/validation#quick-writing-the-validation-logic https://laravel.com/docs/12.x/validation#quick-writing-the-v...) so I'm not sure what exactly you're objecting to. Unless you're saying a) You don't validate user inputs b) You prefer validation to be bundled with the framework rather than having a choice