I wouldn't pay too much attention to what "the webdev industry is doing". That's how we ended up with MBs worth of javascript to display a simple website, not to mention the cpu required to render single page apps that won't even let you open a separate tab and constantly break. Most people in this industry are either junior devs that have no idea what they're doing, mid level devs that fall for the hype and don't like "boring" tech (battle tested, reliable) and end up using stuff that's not ev

Three major reasons. React, Typescript, and isomorphic/universal JS. The reasons for React's dominance is a separate topic, but if you're working with react, node becomes a natural fit for the backed because you can render the same components on the server or the client. Again, the reason for TypeScript's success is a separate topic, but node is the go-to backed if you intend to build with typescript. All things being equal in the interpreted scripting language world, typescript's type s

I think it’s the culture. The code quality of almost every PHP project I’ve seen is atrocious. I’m not saying every JS project is perfect (far from it), but amazingly well-written JS projects are ubiquitous. So when I ask myself “how much do I trust complete strangers on the internet?” the answer is “not much, but even less than that if it’s written in PHP.”

I've been a PHP programmer for most of my professional career and switched a few years ago. PHP has a bad name for a long time. True or not, this started weighing on me and I shared a lot of the opinions you wrote here. People will continue to roll their eyes. Whether deserved is besides the point. I was no longer interested in being a 'PHP programmer' and have to justify my worth. PHP is by all measures on it's way out. If you are looking at other ecosystems of course you're going to find thin

re: js - "It's a poorly designed language that requires multiple layers of tooling just to make it acceptable for use in larger projects." - ok, isn't this the pot calling the kettle black? On a more serious note, i've been thinking recently that the more experienced you become with programming, the more you will thirst for functional programming or something close to it. I think that we see this with the maturation of the modern JS ecosystem too - with a trend towards thinking functionally, re