Articles like this really make it seem like PHP developers have a big chip on their shoulders from all the trash talking that goes on about PHP. I'm a PHP dev a

Articles like this really make it seem like PHP developers have a big chip on their shoulders from all the trash talking that goes on about PHP. I'm a PHP dev and I have to admit, PHP isn't cool. It's thought of as a language for bad programmers because it's so easy for beginners to pick up. That's precisely the reason why I'm a PHP developer to begin with! And boy have I given ammunition to the side that argues that PHP is a "bad programmers language". But oh well. That's really a good thing that total newbies can pick it up in a week like I did some years back. But really no one cares about your language except other people with chips on their shoulders too. When people use a product they really don't care about the tech specs no matter what the product may be. They care about what it does for them. I can clone Facebook in Runy or Twitter in PHP with both clones being more "optimized" than the original but no one cares. They just want to write on their friend's wall or retweet something so they'll tell me to go to hell with my .235ms improvements in page load times, DB queries, whatever. A truly good developer doesn't waste time convincing people his stack is best. He proves his skill instead by shipping and iterating no matter what the language. The rest is just too-cool-for-PHP bragging (looking your way Ruby guys) and sour grapes (looking at you PHP).