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Nextcloud and Wordpress both suffer massively from technical debt.
What does that have to do with scalability?
I'm sure modern PHP code does not prevent scalability, but old PHP code definitely does.
Also, and this is slightly beside the point, but last time I tried Nextcloud there were _usability_ "scalability" issues, such as being unable to upload large files in the web GUI due to classic PHP config issues such as client timeout and upload file size limits.
Failure to account for modern file size limits is a massive code base red flag.
Sure, it's a doddle to fix if you know basic PHP, but it's a sign that the developer doesn't understand the core requirements of the product they are developing.
Is it still a pile of php files underneath, with file sync speed 50x slower than binary implementations and protocols of eg. Seafile?
Yes, it is still PHP. Sync speed is mostly fine though, most of the 'slowness' which Nextcloud is known for comes from the sometimes sluggish web interface. Point a fast WebDAV-compatible file manager [1] at a Nextcloud instance to get a better impression of backend speed. Point it at an image directory and you'll see as many php-fpm processes launched as there are thumbnails to process. [1] https://github.com/mickae…