Rails and python aren't a step up from PHP for webservers. Both are massive steps down in terms of real world performance. https://www.techempower.com/benchmark

Rails and python aren't a step up from PHP for webservers. Both are massive steps down in terms of real world performance. https://www.techempower.com/benchmarks/#section=data-r21 https://www.techempower.com/benchmarks/#section=data-r21 Personally if I was "stepping up" from PHP and wasn't going to use something powerful (or didn't need all that power) I'd be stepping up into javascript and nextjs and stuff like that.