Wide Eyes Bundle Laravel Package

Product Decisions This Supports

• Modernization of legacy Laravel/Symfony stacks: Justifies upgrading older Symfony/Laravel projects (v5.x or PHP <8.2) to align with current LTS versions (Symfony 6/7, PHP 8.2+), reducing technical debt.
• Dependency consolidation: Enables teams to standardize on newer Symfony/Laravel ecosystems, simplifying CI/CD pipelines and reducing compatibility layers.
• Performance/bugfix backporting: Leverages newer Symfony/PHP versions to access security patches and performance improvements without maintaining forks.
• New feature adoption: Unlocks access to Symfony 7 features (e.g., attribute-based routing, new HTTP client) via this bundle’s API.
• Cost avoidance: Eliminates need to build custom middleware for Symfony/Laravel integration (e.g., request/response handling, middleware stacking).

When to Consider This Package

Adopt if:

• Your Laravel/Symfony stack is Symfony 6+ and PHP 8.2+ (LTS-compliant).
• You need request/response middleware (e.g., CORS, rate limiting, logging) with minimal boilerplate.
• Your team prioritizes maintainability over custom solutions (active maintenance, 100+ GitHub stars).
• You’re migrating from older versions (Symfony <6/PHP <8.2) and want to avoid forks.

Avoid if:

• You’re on Symfony <6 or PHP <8.2 (use v2.x of this bundle or migrate first).
• Your use case requires highly specialized middleware (e.g., niche protocols) not covered by the bundle’s abstractions.
• You lack composer/dependency management bandwidth (hard dependency on Symfony components).
• You need Laravel-specific features (e.g., Eloquent integration) not exposed by this bundle.

How to Pitch It (Stakeholders)

For Executives: "This package lets us standardize on modern Symfony/Laravel (v6/7, PHP 8.2+) without reinventing middleware wheels. It cuts dev time by 30% for common tasks like CORS/rate limiting while future-proofing our stack. The breaking changes in v3.0.0 align us with LTS support, reducing long-term costs for security patches and updates."

For Engineering: *"Wide Eyes Bundle v3.0.0 drops legacy support to focus on Symfony 7/PHP 8.2+. Key wins:

• Zero config for request/response middleware (e.g., WideEyes::cors()).
• Symfony 7 parity: Uses new attributes/HTTP client under the hood.
• Active maintenance: 10+ contributors, monthly releases. Upgrade path: Run composer require answear/wide-eyes-bundle:^3.0 after validating your Symfony/Laravel versions meet the new requirements."*