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I really like seeing this. I also write PHP for my projects, and I know it's terrible. I have no delusions about this. I use mysql_query despite knowing it's de
by bhayden 12y ago
I really like seeing this. I also write PHP for my projects, and I know it's terrible. I have no delusions about this. I use mysql_query despite knowing it's deprecated and possibly insecure, and if I'm building something that doesn't store any sensitive data and the worst case scenario of someone finding an exploit is that I have to restore from a snapshot, I really just don't care. I focus on building the product quickly and efficiently. Let the programmers of the world thumb their noses at me, at least I'm building something of value for me instead of some company.
- mahyarm 12y agoThe thing is when the company gets big and its not just you, your going to wish your original language was something more scalable. For example, you tube engineers probably curse that the thing was made in python, because in a 1000 engineer org, making changes can break things you wouldn't be aware of elsewhere. While something more statically typed like java or go would break on the compile step instead of the run time step. Python was fine when the project was 1 - 20 engineers, but it became a liability later on. That is why people want you to spend a week or two to learn something better and more maintainable, so you wont curse your future self later. But if your making small build utility type things, then it's fine. Contact websites for small firms. Or if it's for your quick test project, etc.