Re:PHP Popularity: Is it decreasing and what to do about it?
by toyg on Saturday April 22, 2023 @05:38AM
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The value is really not in sharing code, but rather sharing developers. Instead of having to assemble and keep happy a diverse group of specialized professionals, you can just hire and fire a bunch of cheap JS folks, who are easily replaceable.
Re:PHP Popularity: Is it decreasing and what to do about it?
by pjmlp on Saturday April 22, 2023 @06:33AM
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Offshoring already takes care of the cheap developers part.
When people get what is peanuts in local currency of the owner company, whatever they are using doesn't matter and most sweet shops are experts in everything.
I can also tell that at the level I work on, salaries are the same regardless of FE, BE, DevOps, ...., specially because no one has a single role.
Re:PHP Popularity: Is it decreasing and what to do about it?
by DonHopkins on Saturday April 22, 2023 @06:17AM
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toyg makes a good point about sharing developers, but also sharing code is important, especially for efficient server side rendering, with view code that runs on both the server and the browser.
The point is it takes fewer people (or even the same person) to write less code (instead of writing everything twice, then trying to keep them in sync forever).
There's a fascinating deep discussion about SveltKit and other frameworks here:
Reacting To Web Hot Takes from Rich Harris - SVELTE STUFF
And in what concerns validation, it can be automated on most frameworks, which has to be done on server side anyway due to security concerns.