At PMtech, our most common tech stack is Laravel on the backend and React on the frontend, connected via Inertia.js. This combination gives us the best of both worlds: Laravel's powerful backend tooling and React's flexible, component-based UI.
Why Laravel + React?
Laravel handles authentication, database queries, file storage, queues, and email out of the box. React provides a fast, interactive frontend with reusable components. Inertia.js bridges them seamlessly — no API layer needed.
The Inertia.js Advantage
Instead of building a separate REST API and a single-page application, Inertia lets you build a monolithic application with the DX of a SPA. Server-side routing, type-safe props, and no client-side routing library needed.
Scaling for Growth
As traffic grows, we scale horizontally: Redis for caching and sessions, queue workers for background jobs, CDN for static assets, and database read replicas. The architecture supports millions of requests per day.