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> Actually, it's much better if it requires some amount of thought and planning to code something up because that increases the likelihood that you'll do it rig
by maratd 14y ago
> Actually, it's much better if it requires some amount of thought and planning to code something up because that increases the likelihood that you'll do it right the first time and build on a solid foundation.
This is solid advice for an engineer. And absolutely moronic for a businessman.
Choosing what platform to use is a business decision.
If you take too long to get it right, you will never get the chance to make a dime off of your work.
We are all working on limited time frames. It is far better to throw something together that works and rewrite later, when you're actually making money.
PHP is amazing at letting you write something fast and rewrite it into something more manageable later.
- Splines 14y agoPlus, if you're trying to get new people to use your language, having a complex toolchain is going to scare them off. "Hey kid, first one's free"
- flatline3 14y ago> PHP is amazing at letting you write something fast and rewrite it into something more manageable later. From experience, the mountain of technical debt organizations acquire when starting with PHP can make it near impossible to rewrite it into something more manageable later, and it's a false dichotomy to claim PHP lets you write something fast while the alternatives do not.