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It's much easier to scan and correlate email data on a massive scale if it is all centralized in the one place (GMail servers). I'm not saying that is what's happening, just saying…

> PHP's per-request execution model is a strength that is often overlooked by people who are mostly using persistent application servers. You nailed it. AKA "Shared Nothing Archite…

Virtual hosts in Apache? mod_rewrite? Your understanding of modern PHP development really is circa 2000. Try replacing those with nginx and PHP-FPM for a start.

Yeah, I've seen many similar, some examples: http://www.mybigambitions.com/ http://www.bucketlist.org/ And probably the oldest of them all? http://www.43things.com/

> Until PHP starts to take its core defects seriously I don't think it will ever make significant progress as a platform. I'm sorry, but given that PHP the platform (forgetting abo…

> And what I still don't see is anything saying they are taking their performance problems seriously. Hmmm, you have heard about PHP-FPM right? And the built-in APC cache? And HipH…

> Considering the cure for cancer is basically fresh vegetables, fruits, and fungi... I've met vegetarians with cancer. I'm pretty certain it's not that simple.

Characters like Mark Thomas and Michael Moore build their protest messages around PR stunts, it's their modus operandi and I believe it's a valid usage of media.

> As the only “European” startup hub, Tel Aviv... Indeed! Use of quotes in original piece says it all.

Good for creating a positive brand.

Yeah that one caught my eye in an otherwise good list too. Typically sending email via PHP's mail() function is only slow if your server is not configured correctly: http://www.alp…

Just to elaborate further on why I think this is a throwaway comment from Atwood rather than getting into the whole "one language is faster than another" dick-measuring competition…

> Of course, we went on to build Stack Overflow in Microsoft .NET. That's a big reason it's still as fast as it is. Wow, that claim could really do with some qualifying.

Sure I get, but I think it just dilutes the meaning of the term "real-time" to use it in a soft context.

Please stop calling anything on the internet real-time. Response time is not guaranteed here.

> provided that they've proven they can do the work and know the language(s) in question. And that's the rub of it for me: you have to let them lose on your project in order to pro…

> The best IT professionals are those with the capability to self-learn That's a universal truth. You also have to self-learn in college. > So those who skip university are around …

Given that half of the professional IT people I've ever worked with don't even have IT-related qualifications, I'm really not surprised (but I am disappointed for our industry that…