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I think that the cheap VPS is the ultimate cause. 15 years ago (when, BTW, Python was already a thing) you _had_ to use PHP, unless you had extra money to spen
by greenhouse_gas 9y ago
I think that the cheap VPS is the ultimate cause.
15 years ago (when, BTW, Python was already a thing) you _had_ to use PHP, unless you had extra money to spend on a more "scalable" technology (so enterprises, who had money, frequently chose Java). It was a monopoly like JS was/is a monopoly - you want to write code for a browser - you'd better know JS. Now, between AWS and DO, you can with relative ease start up in Go, Node, or Python, and there's no need for PHP.
- vatotemking 9y agoI fully agree. Its all about how to do x stuff at y cost. PHP served a market segment. Now the other languages can do the same, if not better, at the same cost.
- cutler 9y agoOr Linode with 2x the RAM Digital Ocean offers.
- wolco 9y agoor vulr half the cost
- fulafel 9y agoTo expand on thing-ness, the first public Python release was 26.5 years ago. 15 years ago Python was already 10+ years old and was a very popular language.