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Ask HN: Has YC ever invested in a startup built with PHP

4 points by eurohacker 16y ago

Simple question. Havent noticed any of the startups where Ycombinator has invested that is built with PHP language ( Ruby and Python seem to be the favourites ), )

petervandijck 16y ago
It's a troll-ish question, not a "simple question". Sorry. Flagged.
- dclaysmith 16y ago
  Well, trollish or not, I'm kind of curious. HAS anyone put together a technology breakdown of YC companies?
gexla 16y ago
How about Wepay, which even hired PHP Founder Rasmus Lerdorf. ETA: And I see Rasmus Lerdorf released a deployment tool he developed there written in PHP because Capistrano couldn't do everything he needed. I have been looking for something like this. Thanks for asking this question, I would likely have never found this otherwise! ;)
- eurohacker 16y ago
  anything else ? Facebook also hired some PHP founders to "get rid of PHP by using PHP" , eventually some new compiler was developed, was that the reason they hired Lerdorf - too late to chage the language and to to minimize the damage that comes from being a PHP-based startup ? Seems like this could be true - because as you mentioned: "Rasmus Lerdorf released a deployment tool he developed there written in PHP because Capistrano couldn't do everything he needed."
  - gexla 16y ago
    Heysan is another one based on a job posting where they were looking for a CodeIgniter developer in 2007. They have since been eaten up by another company so I don't know what they have going now. I'm not going to play the PHP bashing game. PHP is a tool and I'm neutral on tools. They are in my tool box and I grab the one best suited for the job. As a professional web developer, sometimes I have the luxury of my own choice, sometimes I don't. Also, I don't see how developing a deployment tool because the existing tools fall short of your needs is an indication of poor language choice. Anyways, all you have to do is a Google search to answer your own question. I found two in a quick search, I could probably find more.

4 points by eurohacker 16y ago

Simple question. Havent noticed any of the startups where Ycombinator has invested that is built with PHP language ( Ruby and Python seem to be the favourites ), )

petervandijck 16y ago

It's a troll-ish question, not a "simple question". Sorry. Flagged.

dclaysmith 16y ago
Well, trollish or not, I'm kind of curious. HAS anyone put together a technology breakdown of YC companies?

gexla 16y ago

How about Wepay, which even hired PHP Founder Rasmus Lerdorf. ETA: And I see Rasmus Lerdorf released a deployment tool he developed there written in PHP because Capistrano couldn't do everything he needed. I have been looking for something like this. Thanks for asking this question, I would likely have never found this otherwise! ;)

eurohacker 16y ago
anything else ? Facebook also hired some PHP founders to "get rid of PHP by using PHP" , eventually some new compiler was developed, was that the reason they hired Lerdorf - too late to chage the language and to to minimize the damage that comes from being a PHP-based startup ? Seems like this could be true - because as you mentioned: "Rasmus Lerdorf released a deployment tool he developed there written in PHP because Capistrano couldn't do everything he needed."
- gexla 16y ago
  Heysan is another one based on a job posting where they were looking for a CodeIgniter developer in 2007. They have since been eaten up by another company so I don't know what they have going now. I'm not going to play the PHP bashing game. PHP is a tool and I'm neutral on tools. They are in my tool box and I grab the one best suited for the job. As a professional web developer, sometimes I have the luxury of my own choice, sometimes I don't. Also, I don't see how developing a deployment tool because the existing tools fall short of your needs is an indication of poor language choice. Anyways, all you have to do is a Google search to answer your own question. I found two in a quick search, I could probably find more.