{"id":35014,"date":"2019-02-18T12:38:41","date_gmt":"2019-02-18T10:38:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=35014"},"modified":"2019-02-18T12:39:18","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T10:39:18","slug":"when-i-started-writing-php","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2019\/02\/18\/when-i-started-writing-php\/","title":{"rendered":"When I started writing PHP…"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n

“When I started writing PHP\u2026<\/a>” is a nice look at how PHP ecosystem has changed in the last 20 years. Those of us who have been using it since then, are guaranteed to drop a nostalgic tear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The running joke “you’re not a real PHP developer until you’ve written your own CMS and discarded it” wasn’t a joke yet. It was just becoming reality, but it wasn’t old enough yet to be a joke. (Yes, I wrote my own CMS and discarded it.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

“When I started writing PHP\u2026” is a nice look at how PHP ecosystem has changed in the last 20 years. Those of us who have been using it since then, are guaranteed to drop a nostalgic tear. 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