Expert Opinion Sep 11, 2026
Why I still write PHP in 2026PHP is the language I reach for most, by choice. The PHP I write has almost nothing in common with the code that gave the language its reputation. Here is what modern PHP actually looks like, the three criticisms I think are fair, and the rule I use to decide when it is the wrong tool.
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Expert Opinion Aug 18, 2026
I moved logic out of the database and took on a harder problem on purposeMoving business logic out of database triggers and into application events does not simplify the system. It trades atomicity for visibility, and it buys a new class of bug. I retired eleven triggers on a live product, left ten running on purpose, and got the sequencing wrong.
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Expert Opinion Aug 04, 2026
Ten years on one codebase, and what I would build differentlyI ran one product's codebase for ten years and decided not to migrate it to a framework. That call saved roughly a year of frozen feature work and cost me things I did not see at the time. Here is the architecture I built instead, the score I invented to track it, and the three decisions I would make differently.
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