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WordPress sucks, but it doesn’t matter

Brian Dillard, Tuesday, May 27, 2008 @ 3:31 pm

It was with great amusement that I read PHP Sucks, But It Doesn't Matter, a recent post from Jeff Atwood's Coding Horror. Here's an excerpt (emphasis his):

Some of the largest sites on the internet -- sites you probably interact with on a daily basis -- are written in PHP. If PHP sucks so profoundly, why is it powering so much of the internet?

The only conclusion I can draw is that building a compelling application is far more important than choice of language. While PHP wouldn't be my choice, and if pressed, I might argue that it should never be the choice for any rational human being sitting in front of a computer, I can't argue with the results.

With all my recent work on the Pathfinder blog migration, I've been getting to to know WordPress - and, by extension, PHP - pretty well. Now that the experience is (mostly) over, I've got a few observations about WordPress:

• It sucks.
• Its PHP foundation contributes to its suckiness.
• If you're a developer, it doesn't suck nearly as bad as other blogging platforms.

Let me elaborate.

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