Ben Bjurstrom has a new post outlining why he thinks Laravel is the best Vibe coding stack for 2026:
Your AI is only as good as the decisions it doesn't have to make. Every time an LLM has to choose between competing patterns, pick a library, or figure out how to wire things together, that's where things can go wrong. The numerous external services you need to sign up for. The weird architectural choices. The code that looks right but falls apart the moment you try to extend it.
Laravel has built in defaults for almost everything. And when you're vibecoding, that's not a limitation. It's a superpower.
Laravel's conventions reduce the surface area for AI mistakes. There are fewer decisions to "hallucinate". Fewer architectural forks. Fewer "well, it depends" answers. When an AI assistant knows where models live, how routes are named, and how data flows, it produces better output and fewer wrong guesses.
This is also why I feel it's so important to follow the conventions of the framework. I feel like I've only heard horror stories from people who fought against it rather than embracing it.
