Where do you see ongoing success? That people still maintain old PHP projects? That is what I said - maintaining old code is done by people who are paid for it

Where do you see ongoing success? That people still maintain old PHP projects? That is what I said - maintaining old code is done by people who are paid for it and like rigid structures. But people who build the future rarely use PHP now. Look at jobs at YC startups: https://www.ycombinator.com/jobs https://www.ycombinator.com/jobs It is rare to see PHP mentione anywhere. It's mostly Python and JavaScript now. Look at how lean Python's syntax is compared to PHP's new obsession with "public static function {}" insida a \namespace\which\is\not\needed\when\you\have\a\module\system tagged as "#[AllowDynamicProperties]". None of that is needed in Python: https://www.online-python.com/Da8nQUlAEp https://www.online-python.com/Da8nQUlAEp And look at how backward compatible JavaScript is. You still can run code from 20 years ago just fine. The fractal of bad design post resonated with people who are paid to code. Who have to adhere to "best practices" and who don't mind spending time on bureaucracy. All makers I know just shrugged it off with "None of that get's in my way".