Launching CakePlate, a boilerplate CakePHP distribution for fast web apps

'fast' and 'CakePHP' shouldn't be used in the same sentence. Cake is great for RAD (Rapid Application Development) but the framework itself is massively bloated to almost the same level as a full CMS.<p>You'll get to market faster, but you'll also be planning a rewrite or migration sooner should you enjoy some degree of success.

This is excellent. I've been wanting a similar PHP version of the Html5Boilerplate for some time now. If this saves me as much time as the Html5 version, I'd hop on this in a heartbeat. Seeing more PHP frameworks take this approach would be a great thing, I believe.<p>The RoR commmunity has had this opportunity for quite some time now with Thoughtbots' Suspenders (<a href="https://github.com/thoughtbot/suspenders" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/thoughtbot/suspenders</a>) template.

You might want to update your copy to state that you are using the 1.3.6 version of CakePHP, and not the 1.3.3 version.<p>As well, Bitly and Tinyurl would be better served as Behaviors or Datasources, but that's a separate discussion altogether.<p>Good job otherwise.

Why not some form of user self-registration and admin management tool as well? I see a facebook connect in there, which helps, but a pure cake-based user reg/management system would go a long way towards a faster 'out of the box' experience.

TL:DR<p>Find code here: <a href="https://github.com/rynop/CakePlate" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/rynop/CakePlate</a>