I was kind of surprised to read this and started to think this was just a copy of a previous speech I've heard before. I was right it was: https://www.infoq.co

I was kind of surprised to read this and started to think this was just a copy of a previous speech I've heard before. I was right it was: https://www.infoq.com/presentations/php-history https://www.infoq.com/presentations/php-history but the author is the same person. It is a good speech and I've been developing in php for years, written a blog post (http://sucky.ninja/leaving-php-is-too-expensive/ http://sucky.ninja/leaving-php-is-too-expensive/) about it but I do no longer use php for my backends. I've whole-heartedly switched to ASP.NET since my productivity is increased with it and I can actually use the language (C#) for other things. I would've agreed with the author a couple of years ago but with Azure, AWS and other cloud services it is simply no longer true that php gives developers a quicker feedback loop. I can setup a node server with gulp and start working in 10 minutes or I can start a new ASP.NET project and deploy to production right after the project creation has completed. With php I still have to setup a virtual machine etc etc. I would not go back, even if it is cheaper.