Github more than a code repository is a social network for coders, and it has the first mover advantage… making people move from that is dificult (facebook still being used nowadays after all), but also its not impossible.

Reading your post just made me remember my php journey 20 years ago… I miss that days but I cant imagine myself not using some framework nowadays… I use to build the wheel everytime I started a project

If whqt you really want is to learn: https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/407216-Decryption-The-Dungeon-of-Despair

And dont need to say thank you, you will be saying fuck you in no time after trying to understund all of this shit