[blindluke]

> what tradeoffs did companies > what made companies adopt it

Which companies are you referring to?

> Why did everyone leave PHP?

When did that happen? If everyone did "leave PHP", what will happen to all those websites:

https://w3techs.com/technologies/details/pl-php

> What made Postgres become popular?

It's good. People know about it. Other reasons.

Here's an article you may find interesting:

https://www.theguardian.com/info/2018/nov/30/bye-bye-mongo-h...

> Does there exist a chart with maybe

A chart like this does not exist.

[jlelonm]

> Which companies are you referring to?

None specifically - I'm just interested in pivot points where companies decided to switch from technology x to technology z, and what made them do it.

> When did that happen? If everyone did "leave PHP", what will happen to all those websites:

Sorry, bad phrasing. I meant, "When did people stop deciding to greenlight new projects using PHP?"

> Here's an article you may find interesting:

Thanks!

> A chart like this does not exist.

Would you be interested in such a chart? or perhaps a tweaked version?

[blindluke]

> I'm just interested in pivot points where companies decided to switch from technology x to technology z, and what made them do it.

There's a lot of articles and blog posts on that topic, enough to keep you occupied for a long while. Here's one:

http://www.smashcompany.com/technology/my-final-post-regardi...

Here's another

https://blog.asana.com/2017/08/performance-asana-app-rewrite...

> I meant, "When did people stop deciding to greenlight new projects using PHP?"

Did they, though? I haven't noticed. Do you have any source on that?

> Would you be interested in such a chart?

No.