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The funny part is that all the hate they have towards PHP, pretty much most languages have similar or other problems. I say this as someone who loves languages
by codegeek 6y ago
The funny part is that all the hate they have towards PHP, pretty much most languages have similar or other problems. I say this as someone who loves languages like Go, Python but I run a SAAS business in PHP which brings in close to 7 figures ARR and employs 15+ people. All these developers shitting on PHP are basically the elitist form of "I don't do PHP so you shouldn't either because it sucks and <my shiny language> is so much better".
- giantDinosaur 6y agoI know people who run decently sized and successful businesses in a variety of mind-numbing technology (try FileMaker scripting or shell scripting) but that definitely doesn't mean those things don't often suck and that there aren't advances in PL's that don't or won't lead to better software. (I personally don't use PHP at all because I haven't yet seen a reason to use it for any new projects over Python or TS. Is that new match expression proper pattern matching? ;)) It's pretty hard to draw a link between these things and commercial success, but it somewhat unseriously reminds me of Jonathan Blow's warnings that eventually everything is just going to fall apart.
- codegeek 6y agoYes I am not necessarily disagreeing. I am saying that people who shit on PHP think that other languages are somehow this magic wand that is so much better. I challenge the "so much better" part because the cost vs benefit matters.