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This would be a best seller. HN without Rust and AI, thats the golden braid.

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> And who really cares about bloat anyway? Hardware is super cheap nowadays.

That told me all i need to know. When you work on missing critical software bloat is usually THE killer in disguise. And its really hard to get rid of after a certain point.

> So why not use a framework that enables you to be (in your terms) 100x more productive?

Because i can be just as productive, and even more so by vetting, and choosing my dependencies with some hindsight. I dont cowboy pick some hype of the day thing, i take a real close look at the code and want to actually understand whats happening.

> On top of that, you’re arguing about languages and frameworks you’re not even familiar with.

I am indeed familiar with the PHP ecosystem, been there and done that.

> PHP typing is most definitely stronger than python overall.

LOL, no its not. PHP has an weak type system, while python is strong. Both are dynamic.

    $sum = 10 + "50"; // 60 in PHP
    sum = 10 + "50"   // TypeError in python