---
title: PHP
description: ""
lang: en
tags:
  - "Language: PHP"
  - Languages
---

**Level:** ██████████ 10/10

## What I did

- worked as a Lead Developer in PHP ecosystem for more than a decade
- designed and developed one commercial CMS, one open-source CMF, contributed in couple others
- played with almost everything PHP-related
- once made a robotic arm controlled by PHP banging GPIO
- have my own finely-tuned PHP image that beats official in benchmarks (TBA)

## What I think

- I love PHP
- PHP is the new COBOL
- I hate PHP
- We should be thankful for having it in our lives
- And never use it for new projects, please

## Experience

### Lead Developer at stealth startup in early 2010s (6 months)

### Lead Developer at government contractor in early 2010s (~1 year)

### PHP Developer at stealth startup in early 2010s (6 months)

### Lead Developer at stealth startup in late 2000s (~1 year)

## Tags

[Language: PHP](/tag/php/), [Languages](/tag/languages/)

## Related skills

[PgSQL, MariaDB, SQLite](/skill/sql-databases/) (6/10), Python, TypeScript &
JavaScript, Rust, Ruby