[TheRealWatson]

Despite of what developers like to think, success is not linked to technical competence. Achieving the former allows you to address the latter.

[habosa]

This should be said on HN more often. No text editor, package manager, or library is going to make you a success.

[simon_renoult]

I didn't know HN was about success.

[habosa]

You're right it's not, but we talk about it a lot.

[programminggeek]

This is one reason I'm moving back to the LAMP stack. It's ugly, boring, and cheap. Great for prototyping.

[girvo]

It's a major reason I still use something similar, although I've been using HHVM instead. Amazing for prototyping, and years of experience makes it easy to work with personally :)

[sireat]

I assume you mean HipHop Virtual Machine?

[girvo]

Yep, running side by side with PHP 5.5! I highly suggest trying it, it's an awesome implementation.

[argonaut]

Or, more accurately, achieving the former allows you to hire 20 engineers to achieve the latter.

[novaleaf]

unless you are MtGox