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I'll say PHP because it's so underrated that I'm somewhat afraid to mention it here.

It's far from the most sane language I've ever used, and as much as I love it, I'll admit there are parts of the syntax that straight up hurt my soul. Yet, despite all the drawbacks, if I need to write something fast, PHP and a micro-framework (I like Slim) is always my first choice.

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Having worked in lot of languages (most recently — Go), I can say PHP by far is the best to get the job done especially when it comes to web related stuff.

PHP let's you be what you want to be. If you are an architect with years of experience building a suite of microservices where you would want to use lot of bells and whistles, testing, dependency management, etc. do it. If you are a novice programmer looking to create your wedding website and have a simple contact form, do that as well!

Best part, each request is a clean start and independent.

I always did like PHP for quick, small things. It was convenient. That was back in the PHP 4 days, though. It all went downhill after they added OOP classes in PHP 5. What is considered best practices among the PHP community today makes PHP look almost exactly like Java, with all of Java's drawbacks and none of its benefits.

Hey, I liked PHP too! But plopping strings from the HTTP request into the SQL query was icky. Is there something nice and modern I could use for stateless database-backed serverside apps with instant reload?

I simply must...https://toggl.com/programming-princess

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