[b33j0r]

Well. It’s a good joke because it makes us wonder if the latest innovation is actually the best tool. Keep ya on your toes a bit.

I’ve seen a project revert from python to php. That would sound like a joke to me if I didn’t know why they did it ;)

But I am glad that “April Fool’s” was in the top comment so I didn’t have to waste tooooo much time being perplexed or mad or… foolish

[rafark]

What do you mean “revert” and why would it be a joke to you?

[b33j0r]

In the context, a new team had been organized to convert a legacy product *from PHP to a new containerized python stack.

It was a good idea, but it turned out that there was so much friction with the business requirements we had to keep live.

After analysis, there just wasn’t enough runway. It was turning into Frankenstein’s spaghetti API monster. So the plan didn’t work out. It was wise to go back and look at reinforcing the existing product.

There were customers and contracts to fulfill.

Edit: as the “python guy,” I fought to make it work. But lol in retrospect we all made a better decision for the business goal we agreed on.