I recently used Python for a project and was again reminded why PHP is still the king of smallish web sites. With PHP I could rent a cheap service to host a few

I recently used Python for a project and was again reminded why PHP is still the king of smallish web sites. With PHP I could rent a cheap service to host a few sites, no problem, take FTP and just upload scripts. That was possible 15+ years ago and still works today. With Python - not so much. Sure, I can rent a whole VPS but I don't want to do server administration. And there are some options for hosting Django / Flask apps, but not many. Is it any wonder people still use PHP? I have used it for a long time and I hate the language - but it is hands down the best solution for small web pages where hosting is concerned. EDIT: thank you for the downvotes. It was nice having a constructive conversation. But then again, I knew in advance it is unpopular to mention on HN that PHP, MongoDB and similar technologies have their use cases.