Ask HN: Are you still using PHP?

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I find myself more comfortable with PHP, I think it is the best language to build your MVP. Just want to to know if you are still using PHP, if yes then why?

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Yes. It's never been incapable of doing what I need it to do. Configured properly, it can be very fast. And I know it better then I know my primary spoken / written language. Precautions need to be taken as with any language regarding scrubbing data, memory usage, sql queries, etc... but IMO, it's still a perfectly valid language.

Can you share your PHP project?

I'll share 1 of them

https://www.superteacherworksheets.com/

1600 concurrent users online right now. Just 1 load balancer, 2 servers.

Yes it's easy to start something without thinking too much. I suppose that someone fluent in nodejs would say the same about nodejs though.

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