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While being sarcastic and not really giving any meaningful technical information (which is fine!), this quick read made me remember that I definitely became mor
by bpizzi 9y ago
While being sarcastic and not really giving any meaningful technical information (which is fine!), this quick read made me remember that I definitely became more productive when I stopped seeing myself as a '[php/node/ruby/c/whatever] programmer' and started describing me as a 'problem solver using the best tools for a given context'.
- pjmlp 9y agoSame here, I always sell myself as polyglot developer. And in spite of my opinions here, I will use languages and tools that I dislike, if that is what the customer needs as a means to solve their problem.
- sametmax 9y agoHowever, some tools are not interesting for any job anymore and the only reason we use them is because of inertia. I've done a lot a php in the past, and i can't think of a single task thar I, as a professional developper, would benefit from using php to perform instead of something else in my toolbox. The only reason i still do php at all is that some clients ask for it. Inertia. I can, using my imagination, picture a situation were using php is better for someone, for something. I can also aknowledge that php has been used to create very nice products at the time, including wordpress, joomla and prestashop. But there is such thing as evolution in programming. And yes, php has been outperformed by several modern dynamic languages out there. There is no shame in it. That's life.