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  • mrbubblesort@kbin.socialtoProgrammer Humor@lemmy.mlPHP is dead?
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    2 years ago

    People who say PHP is shit haven’t really used it and are just repeating the memes. It’s a perfectly fine language and there are a number of excellent tools and frameworks for it. It’s reputation is a result of it’s easy entry and widespread use. A whole lot of people who knew just enough to be dangerous made a whole lot of stuff, and it ended up causing a whole lot of problems. But for some reason devs shit on the language instead of shitting on the devs who put them in a mess.













  • Maybe I’m just a cynic, but this seems very much part of the PR script for any controversy of the past 20 years or so.

    1. Cause controversy

    2. Get backlash

    3. Say there were death threats in basklash

    4. Paint opposition in bad light, claim to be the real victim and bask in all the feel good comments from people saying “it was controversial, but come on, death threats are not cool”

    5. Conversation derailed, continue as planned

    Seriously, go look at one of the comment threads on that other site. It’s now all about how “deranged indie devs” are hurting honest hard working Unity employees. Maybe it was a real threat, maybe it wasn’t, but they’re sure as fuck going to milk it for all they can now.






  • you can turn questions around and ask them

    +1 to this. If he asks if you read it, just say “Sure did boss! And actually, I’m curious, what was your favorite part?” Then just nod at appropriate times while listening to him drone on until it’s socially acceptable for you to bow out of the conversation.

    I used to do this to my kid all the time when he’d ask me about Paw Patrol or whatever :P