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Post #2562386

2026-05-12 23:50 UTC

"Who will maintain the #web when PHP’s veterans retire?" ... A new Perforce report finds PHP's #developer base is aging out faster than it's being replenished — and #AI-generated code may be making the problem worse, not better ... #PHP #OpenSource #JuniorDevs https://thenewstack.io/php-web-skills-hiring-age/

Replies (4)

  • @heiglandreas@phpc.social 2026-05-13 05:16

    @jmcastagnetto@mastodon.social it'll finally all be rewritten in rust.

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  • @lhengstmengel@mastodon.nl 2026-05-13 10:26

    @jmcastagnetto@mastodon.social I am one of these veterans. I have been developing in php for almost thirty years. There still is more than enough work for me, but lately retirement is looking better and better. I *really* don't look forward to a future of troubleshooting and fixing AI slop. And juniors do not learn to code anymore, they just vibe shit. When (not if) things start breaking down everywhere, I want to be working in my garden with my hands in the dirt.

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  • @jmcastagnetto@mastodon.social just imagining the quality of PHP the bots learnt from

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  • @sean@mastodon.me.uk 2026-05-13 14:21

    @jmcastagnetto@mastodon.social interesting that this talks about the strength of PHP's connection to relational databases A while ago I was seeing if we could implement a CMS in NextJS - but the lack of database libraries was one of the main things that put me off - and I ended up using Laravel PHP has always been highly pragmatic - and that isn't the default in the industry which is easily influenced by hype and coolness.

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