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I still love PHP and JavaScript (2022)


Over the last twenty years, I have used over a dozen languages professionally, from C to Common Lisp, from Java to Python, from C++ to Typescript. Yet, I ...

legacy codebases can be refactored in pieces resource leaks are non-existent caching and scaling are simpler Having started by copy-pasting BASIC snippets and later on making my own websites with PHP2 and PHP3, I feel pride in being able to pay back by helping newcomers where they are. In fact, because users are builders and learners because they have diverse backgrounds, janky languages tend to have very active and welcome communities.

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