I don’t know if it’s due to over-exposure to programming memes but I certainly believed that no one was starting new PHP projects in 2023 (or 2020, or 2018, or 2012…). I was under the impression we only still discussed it at all because WordPress is still around.
Would a PHP evangelist like to disabuse me of my notions and make an argument for using PHP for projects such as Kbin in this day and age?
I know it sounds childish but PHP is lame as hell same as java. Rust or go would have definitely been a cooler choice. I mean PHP gets the job done, but still…
No it’s not. If I work one something in my free time / voluntarily, I want to have fun. I want to enjoy it. If PHP pisses me off but Rust thrills me, of course I choose Rust. That’s the freedom you have if you start a project. That there are more maintainers and even a bunch of contributors underlines that it was the right choice.
In a way though he’s right, picking a language because it is “cool” is the wrong reason to pick a language. You should be looking at other things like performance, scalability, security, functionality and see if those facets align with the requirements for your project.
