It's just that your cavalier attitude towards best practices and apparent pride in having a shoddy codebase perpetuates the stereotype that PHP developers are s

It's just that your cavalier attitude towards best practices and apparent pride in having a shoddy codebase perpetuates the stereotype that PHP developers are second rate. And no, I'm not advocating for using the latest and greatest just for bragging rights. There is a middle ground. > "Who cares? The business is killing it" What happens when you want to sell the business, or the sole developer of this monstrous codebase becomes ill? Based on the picture you've painted of it, a good developer won't want to touch it with a ten foot pole. Anyhow, I am very glad for your success. It does sound like an interesting story. Just don't be surprised to see a negative reaction from a community of professional developers when you brag about how poorly written (and vulnerable to attack) your "million" dollar application is. I can only hope that you aren't operating anything that other businesses rely on, or worse — handles personal data.