There are two sides of this.

1) code written to a "platform" AKA PHP/JS specialist.

2) Code written with a deep platform integration. This is where you should
know Nginx, Apache, IIS, and related OS information.

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.



On Wed, Apr 27, 2022 at 12:39 PM Jim via PLUG-discuss <
plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:

> It seems to me that anyone who writes code should have some knowledge of
> every OS that code will have to work with.  It's been my experience that
> no software, machine or anything else developed by man has ever worked
> exactly as intended.   There's always some bug or quirk that needs to be
> dealt with.
>
> On 4/23/22 14:16, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > This has been an interesting journey. AZPHP and a friend who owns a
> > data center confirmed that most developers do not have any familiarity
> > with Linux.  All these years I thought otherwise.
> >
> > I still think there is value in knowing Linux as an opensource
> > developer.  In my case I am a PHP developer.
> >
> > Maybe being involved in Linux distracted me from becoming a better
> > developer or maybe the opposite is true that my Linux involvement has
> > made me a better developer.
> >
> > In my mind I am exploring or assessing what I might have changed now
> > that I am at this point in my life and having had the experience I
> > have had with PHP since 2006.
> >
> > In a recent post I asked about changing from dominate PHP being
> > supported by Linux to Linux being dominate and supported by PHP or
> > another language and DevOps came up.
> >
> > Sorry I am thinking out loud and am hoping for your feedback.
> >
> > I wonder if PHP has run it's course.  Maybe it is time to change
> > course.  I need to do more research and give it more thought.
> >
> > I like opensource Linux hosting.  I recently configured Ubuntu LAMP +
> > BIND + Let's Encrypt + Postfix + Dovecot.  Doing so showed me how much
> > a really do not know.
> >
> > Any feedback is much appreciated.
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