<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif">There are two sides of this.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif">1) code written to a "platform" AKA PHP/JS specialist.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif">2) Code written with a deep platform integration. This is where you should know Nginx, Apache, IIS, and related OS information.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif">Both have a place in general software development. I prefer working with the Latter but Can work with the former readily enough. I think both should have a solid grasp of how various environment variables will affect their application/code and related OS level constraints but by no means need be a full OS admin.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Apr 27, 2022 at 12:39 PM Jim via PLUG-discuss <<a href="mailto:plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org">plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">It seems to me that anyone who writes code should have some knowledge of <br>
every OS that code will have to work with. It's been my experience that <br>
no software, machine or anything else developed by man has ever worked <br>
exactly as intended. There's always some bug or quirk that needs to be <br>
dealt with.<br>
<br>
On 4/23/22 14:16, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss wrote:<br>
> Hi,<br>
><br>
> This has been an interesting journey. AZPHP and a friend who owns a <br>
> data center confirmed that most developers do not have any familiarity <br>
> with Linux. All these years I thought otherwise.<br>
><br>
> I still think there is value in knowing Linux as an opensource <br>
> developer. In my case I am a PHP developer.<br>
><br>
> Maybe being involved in Linux distracted me from becoming a better <br>
> developer or maybe the opposite is true that my Linux involvement has <br>
> made me a better developer.<br>
><br>
> In my mind I am exploring or assessing what I might have changed now <br>
> that I am at this point in my life and having had the experience I <br>
> have had with PHP since 2006.<br>
><br>
> In a recent post I asked about changing from dominate PHP being <br>
> supported by Linux to Linux being dominate and supported by PHP or <br>
> another language and DevOps came up.<br>
><br>
> Sorry I am thinking out loud and am hoping for your feedback.<br>
><br>
> I wonder if PHP has run it's course. Maybe it is time to change <br>
> course. I need to do more research and give it more thought.<br>
><br>
> I like opensource Linux hosting. I recently configured Ubuntu LAMP + <br>
> BIND + Let's Encrypt + Postfix + Dovecot. Doing so showed me how much <br>
> a really do not know.<br>
><br>
> Any feedback is much appreciated.<br>
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