PHP is good for some things…
Says David Heinemeier Hansson, who has enough e’s and i’s in his middle name for almost any purpose. He’s also one of the world’s most top software developers and the creator of the Ruby on Rails web development framework.
I’ve been writing a little bit of PHP again today. That platform has really received an unfair reputation. For the small things I’ve been used it for lately, it’s absolutely perfect.
Yes, that’s true - a lot of people have really ripped PHP for years.
Like the guy who gave this presentation I attended, and that Simon Willison apparently also attended and at which he took excellent notes.
DHH spent 5 years with PHP hearing that it was impossible to make beautiful things in PHP - tried very hard to do so. Then realised it’s not about if things are possible; it’s if they are encouraged. Realisation: PHP is the devil!
That guy DHH really tore PHP a new orifice, didn’t he. I remember this slide he had with just those words on it:
PHP is the devil.
Hmmm. Those initials, “DHH”, are so familiar - what famous developer has those initials?
I can’t believe I can’t remember who DHH is. I mean, he’s really, really famous.
