I write PHP professionally, so I agree with his conclusion, but this is a strange take:
Enterprise developers are usually working in large teams with DevOps support, continuous integra- tion pipelines, containerized deployments, observability, and more. In contrast, web develo- pers building small business websites, forums, blogs, or landing pages have to prioritize and opti- mize for cost and simplicity.
This is where PHP shines: the deployment model is dead simple. Write code > Deploy via FTP > You're live.
All of the things in the first quoted sentence can be and are being done with PHP. And in the enterprise, cost and simplicity are still seen as high priority.
I finally bought a tiny PC to replace my aging APU border router/firewall (OpenBSD), so I'm trying to wrap my head around building a router currently inside the network that it will be protecting.
I have Debian installed as hypervisor, Incus, and sticking with OpenBSD for the firewall.
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makes too much sense to me too switch to firewalld. I'll also move the network-related containers off my main lab host once this is up and running.