This talk traces the evolution of Symfony over 20 years, highlighting the ongoing efforts to improve the developer experience. From the phasing out of Silex to the introduction of Symfony Flex, and more recent advancements like Symfony UX and update recipes, the goal has always been to simplify development.

The presentation also explores innovative approaches to building minimalist Symfony applications, with concrete examples for both web and console applications. Three levels of using Symfony are presented to illustrate the concept:
- Symfony Hello: for simple applications and learning purposes.
- Symfony Solo: a balance between simplicity and full features.
- Symfony Team: the full-featured framework.

In conclusion, the talk celebrates the Symfony community and its essential role in building a powerful and user-friendly framework, ending with some thoughts on the impact of LLMs on development.