You're right about the curl wrapper. It's actually got it's own repository https://github.com/jmathai/php-multi-curl so I should remove it from here (it's an artifact really).
1) I'm not sure exactly what you mean. I handle most of the code duplication in libraries so my static controller methods are usually really small (<15 lines). Let me know if I misunderstood your point.
2) You're right about the layout wrapper being a bit "heavy" for this framework. You can nest layouts to your heart's desire but the views are 100% decoupled from the actions. You can, in fact, use the the template module without using the route module. Not that you'd want to :).
1) I'm not sure exactly what you mean. I handle most of the code duplication in libraries so my static controller methods are usually really small (<15 lines). Let me know if I misunderstood your point.
2) You're right about the layout wrapper being a bit "heavy" for this framework. You can nest layouts to your heart's desire but the views are 100% decoupled from the actions. You can, in fact, use the the template module without using the route module. Not that you'd want to :).