Trying to implement DDD into this current project of mine but the whole concept of converting Eloquent objects into plain entities seems to be more work than it is worth.

But the whole methodology of DDD also seems rather complicated.

I only used DDD once, and either we did it wrong or it's actually dog turds.

Trying to build up bounded contexts to keep object models separate just creates clutter and unnecessary redundant abstract weeds to get lost in.

... but as I said, maybe we were just doing it wrong.

I thought you were talking about GNU DDD and was really confused for a second