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The idea that no one is allowed to criticize anything unless they can and have done better is one of the most perniciously stupid ideas out there that just won'
by Hasu 2y ago
The idea that no one is allowed to criticize anything unless they can and have done better is one of the most perniciously stupid ideas out there that just won't go away.
If the parent poster is secretly Linus Torvalds, do you walk away in shame because he HAS done a project with better engineering? Or are the criticisms, perhaps, objectively valid or invalid, and worth engaging with regardless of the merits of the person making the criticisms?
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- joshmanders 2y agoWell when their whole argument boils down to "php sucks" and they back up their claims with a document that was invalid 12 years ago when it was written, they better have something to back up these criticism.
- angoragoats 2y agoPerhaps you should engage with the claims rather than the person. As someone who doesn't frequently use PHP, the criticisms in the linked post from 2012 seem valid if the facts presented are true -- there's some pretty weird, and in a few cases, downright dangerous behavior presented there. What is invalid, specifically, about that blog post?