With all due respect, no. It's trivially easy to just claim that you've done something that happens to anecdotally prove the point you're making. I could say I'

With all due respect, no. It's trivially easy to just claim that you've done something that happens to anecdotally prove the point you're making. I could say I've written a PHP app that gets an easy 1000 qps without flinching. Without anyone dropping any factual proof my app is definitely better.