why-php.md

why-php.md

Why PHP?

Notes about building out the "Why PHP?" page.

Targets

There are two groups I think we should target, with two distinct sets of interests and who may require two separate treatments.

First group:

• Non-technical decision makers at companies considering PHP
• Technical high-level decision makers at companies considering PHP
• Decision makers at schools, bootcamps, universities

Second group:

• Newcomers to tech?
• Existing programmers?

Myths to dispel/concerns to address

• PHP is old
• PHP is slow
• PHP doesn't scale
• Nothing important runs on PHP
• It would be hard to hire PHP developers
• It's not what most AI tooling is written

Points to make

Two separate pages or sections: one addressing decision-makers and one addressing learners.

So let's look at each separately:

Points to make to decision makers

• Show big brands using PHP
• Make a few points about what PHP offers above and beyond just dispelling criticisms
• Dispel common myths (maybe a link to this section from the top for those looking?)

Points to make to learners

• Show something about job opportunities in PHP
• Show syntax and link to learning resources
• Show something about how quickly and powerfully you can build your apps in PHP

Modern techy sites:

• Laravel: https://laravel.com/
• Nightwatch: https://nightwatch.laravel.com/
• Clerk: https://clerk.com/
• Vercel: https://vercel.com/
• Tailwind: https://tailwindcss.com/
• Linear: https://linear.app/
• Stripe: https://stripe.com/