Harry writes about MySQL as a disruptive technology, suggesting that PHP is a disruptive technology. He dredges up an old Sitepoint post of mine on how PHP is good enough software.
The summary being that software that values simplicity over everything else propagates faster.
Mike Cogan doesn’t understand why LAMP and especially “uncomfortable” PHP should be [...]
Why is PHP Popular?
April 27th, 2004Classpath Considered Harmful
April 26th, 2004I am glad to see I am not the only one who has problems with classpaths in java. Many of the advantages that python has over java, PHP has as well. Lack of classpath is certainly one of them, but dynamic typing is my favorite.
Modularity
April 26th, 2004I enjoy reading manageability which today brought some good news on the subject of software commoditization in Modularity and conservation of profits. Could it be that the software sky is not falling? Carlos Perez links together three interesting items to suggest that it is not: The Natural History of Software Platforms, 640KB ought [...]
Starting a Blog
April 25th, 2004Since I am now tracking a dozen squared (144) feeds/blogs on a daily basis in NetNewsWire, I feel like its time that I joined the party with a blog of my own.
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