Has anyone else been hitting a wall trying to find good Laravel developers?

I feel your pain. We had a similar situation when we were building our platform. After looking for local talent with no luck, we outsourced to a team from South America. It was a bit of an adjustment, but they delivered high-quality work. Laravel’s great for remote teams, so I wouldn’t ditch it just yet—try going the global route. There’s a lot of talent out there if you’re open to working across borders.

Same issue here! I was struggling to find experienced devs, and in the end, I contacted one of the agencies offering Laravel Development Services. They connected me with a great team from Eastern Europe. They were affordable and really knew their stuff. It saved me a ton of time and stress. You might want to try reaching out to those kinds of services before giving up on Laravel.