Post #812666
2026-03-27 14:10 UTC
PHP's drop in "popularity" mirrors the post-2010 enshittification of the Web.
The longer I am in this industry, the more I believe the monopolists spread FUD about it because there is nothing more dangerous to them than a dominant Web stack that cannot have its value captured & extracted by one of them, yet is capable of spinning up competitors overnight by a labor market they haven't homogenized & deskilled.
#PHP might be the most dangerous Web tech for capital.
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@wjmaggos@liberal.city 2026-03-27 15:11
@linc@phpc.social I started learning it cause I had to but then somehow got convinced I shouldn't continue after I didn't need to anymore, because it wasn't "the future". yes I'm an idiot.
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@simulo@hci.social 2026-04-08 14:39
@linc@phpc.social I like the idea, but I think developers were pretty good themselves to talk shit about PHP devs :/ (Cue Visual Basic)