Why do you suppose it is difficult to hire smart PHP developers? Facebook seems to be doing just fine, and as far as I know, most of their codebase is still str

Why do you suppose it is difficult to hire smart PHP developers? Facebook seems to be doing just fine, and as far as I know, most of their codebase is still straight up PHP. Bottom line, build something that customers want. The customer cares that the solution solves their problem, not that your technology stack is bright and shiny. This is worth reading: http://pud.com/post/9582597828/why-must-you-laugh-at-my-back-end http://pud.com/post/9582597828/why-must-you-laugh-at-my-back...