The last few months I was not using X (formerly Twitter) as much if at all. When I opened the app the first thing I see is something lame about WordPress. My whole timeline is chaos and destruction so I figured I'd throw out the word "unprecedented" and see what happens.
About a week later I check back to see if anyone replied to my question, and turns out I was 100% wrong. People actually replied!
As someone who does not write WordPress, I had no idea what was being said. So naturally I asked if I should be concerned. Someone replied pretty quick even though it was nearly a week later.
Apparently there was some kind of separation happening.
That is when I started questioning the meaning. How could WordPress separate itself from PHP if it is written in PHP? Clearly I was living under a rock. Whatever I was reading online was not lining up with what developers were saying.
As someone who also writes JavaScript and Rust from time to time, I know that software releases and updates can stir up a lot of drama. The last thing I would want to do is blindly start using PHP in the middle of drama. So I figured I would ask if switching back to PHP was the right move.
Within the day I get another off the wall response. Okay. This is starting to make me curious. What news am I not caught up on? Before I could form a conclusion on my own, now, another comment shows up on the notification tab.
Apparently PHP is not just separated but "Completely isolated from modern PHP tools and frameworks like Composer," and the security expert thinks an implosion would not affect much.
That is relieving! Normally I use Laravel for my PHP applications that depend on composer. Which is also why I will try switching to other languages like C, Rust, or JavaScript every once in a while. Writing everything in Laravel can get boring.
Over the last few years, Rust caught my eye as a blazingly fast language so I thought it was the best option.
In the past, I was able to write enough Rust code to compile an iPhone app which was pretty neat! Was switching to Rust the right option for me? No probably not.
So far, I kind of enjoy the language, but I think I'm going to try TypeScript first before getting too deep into Rust code.
After all, TypeScript is a logical jump up from PHP in most cases. When your blog needs a little extra boost you could just write everything in TypeScript from the start.
However, I do no fully enjoy TypeScript because there are so many packages to choose from. It seems like I have to relearn a new library or package for every project. It would be cool if TypeScript had some cool features like std::result.
Thankfully that is where models come in handy. If I am uncertain, I can have a dialog about something tiny like Bootstrap, Tailwind, PHP, or JavaScript.
It is great because I can jump right into a comment section and post something!
How do you like to use ChatGPT to write comments or improve your writing skills?
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