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> quite frankly it's where the PHP developers all slithered off to PHP isn't my favorite language but using phrasing like "slither" to describe an entire commu

> quite frankly it's where the PHP developers all slithered off to PHP isn't my favorite language but using phrasing like "slither" to describe an entire community of developers is frankly shitty. Every language has its problems including whatever you use.

aliqot 4y ago
Unless Python, then slither is fine.
- jef_leppard 4y ago
  Dammit. You have my upvote.
sli 4y ago
I always say the reason PHP is still so hated is because rather than arguing about it on the internet to defend the language, PHP programmers are going home to their spouse, kids, and hobbies at the end of the work day.
- gw99 4y ago
  That's the Visual Basic guys who do that. The PHP developers spend most of their time outside smoking.
gw99 4y ago
I spent most of 2005-2013 doing contract work getting people out of near business ending buckets of shit thanks to the PHP community's inability to produce a product that was fit for purpose and the awful staff contracting building on top of the wobbly pillars of excrement. Slither is exactly the word because they were the first people to slither away and point fingers elsewhere when something was wrong. Now ten years after that I am in regular contact with people actively getting rid of it and it's the same problems. And here I am now on Sunday evening eviscerating another failed nodejs stack left by the same slithering fiends. Oh no it's exactly right. Slithering is the word. I don't get anywhere near this level of sheer incompetence on a daily basis in the Python, .Net or Go ecosystems. Nor do I have problems sleeping wondering what shit show am I going to face on a Monday morning with them.
- willio58 4y ago
  8 years of contracting work and this bad of an outlook on the community, maybe you didn’t charge enough?
  - gw99 4y ago
    I was being paid large amounts of danger money to undo damage.
- jef_leppard 4y ago
  You sound like a fun guy. Enjoy.

aliqot 4y ago

Unless Python, then slither is fine.

jef_leppard 4y ago
Dammit. You have my upvote.

sli 4y ago

I always say the reason PHP is still so hated is because rather than arguing about it on the internet to defend the language, PHP programmers are going home to their spouse, kids, and hobbies at the end of the work day.

gw99 4y ago
That's the Visual Basic guys who do that. The PHP developers spend most of their time outside smoking.

gw99 4y ago

I spent most of 2005-2013 doing contract work getting people out of near business ending buckets of shit thanks to the PHP community's inability to produce a product that was fit for purpose and the awful staff contracting building on top of the wobbly pillars of excrement. Slither is exactly the word because they were the first people to slither away and point fingers elsewhere when something was wrong. Now ten years after that I am in regular contact with people actively getting rid of it and it's the same problems. And here I am now on Sunday evening eviscerating another failed nodejs stack left by the same slithering fiends. Oh no it's exactly right. Slithering is the word. I don't get anywhere near this level of sheer incompetence on a daily basis in the Python, .Net or Go ecosystems. Nor do I have problems sleeping wondering what shit show am I going to face on a Monday morning with them.

willio58 4y ago
8 years of contracting work and this bad of an outlook on the community, maybe you didn’t charge enough?
- gw99 4y ago
  I was being paid large amounts of danger money to undo damage.
jef_leppard 4y ago
You sound like a fun guy. Enjoy.