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by aphextron 3021 days ago
>With the current plethora of widely-supported Web development frameworks, I really don't see any reason to use PHP or Wordpress for new projects.

Agreed. The thought of using raw cURL in PHP to write an API service layer makes me shudder.
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dageshi 3021 days ago
The people who use the websites, really like wordpress. Nothing else is simpler and also does the job 99% of the time.
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aphextron 3021 days ago
It definitely gets the job done. But as soon as the job's done and you want anything else, it becomes a complete nightmare.
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