Usage statistics of server-side programming languages for websites
I think this shows how much HN is a bubble in itself.<p>Most discussions here happen around new&#x2F;exciting&#x2F;cool&#x2F;weird technology. And don&#x27;t get me wrong, I love those discussions! That&#x27;s why I come here!<p>But reality outside of this bubble is people building and maintaining web apps as efficiently as possible and PHP hasn&#x27;t stopped being very efficient. On the contrary, it&#x27;s getting better with time.<p>Interestingly enough, Ruby (my personal interest, here) has been steadily gaining share in that chart year over year, despite not being &quot;cool&quot; anymore.<p>If you ask me, it&#x27;s good to have a dose a reality from time to time!