for 'fun', install composer from pkgs, and see what comes along for the ride!  no thanks.

i install the rpms, simply ignore the (admittedly annoying) installed apache dependencies, and then override the systemd unit,

i then rinse-n-repeat similarly for any/all other production services.

Thanks for the detailed answer. Very useful. I've come to some of the same conclusions/solutions.

I wanted to mention this source of friction since Fedora targets devs/ops people and they will expect that something as prevalent as a LEMP stack is a very smooth experience.