Ask HN: Why are so many PHP projects moving to Node?
Javascript indeed sucks, but Typescript whips<p>To call Javascript &quot;poorly designed&quot; when having a discussion about PHP is… a bit jarring… Both PHP 7&#x2F;8 and Typescript are huge improvements over their forbearers, but it seems indisputable to me that fundamental Javascript is at least a better-designed language than fundamental PHP (circa v3), and contemporary Typescript is better-designed than modern PHP.<p>(creds: I&#x27;ve been writing PHP and Javascript since around 1997)