nixCraft 🐧Oct 2, 2025
For backend: what’s it gonna be?
PHP or NodeJS 🤔
PHP
59.9%
NodeJS
23.8%
I reply below
16.3%
Poll ended at .
Show threadBoyd Stephen Smith Jr.

@nixCraft I still like GHC Haskell for a production backend. But, I voted "NodeJS" because it is the more reasonable of the two options. I wouldn't write (most) of the JS directly tho; I'd use PureScript to generate it.

If you HAVE to use the "PHP Runtime", then *at least* use Hack to save your sanity. https://hacklang.org/

Hack

Hack is an object-oriented programming language for building reliable websites at epic scale

Oct 2, 2025 at 6:40pmWeb