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0 pointsstephenr9y ago0 comments

> WordPress was pretty damn good

Building your own userland SQL Prepared Statements 'replacement' using string replacement is not "pretty damn good".

WordPress is notorious for refusing to drop support for ancient, unsupported versions of PHP.

WordPress is a fucking terrible solution to any problem, from a technical point of view.

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ruslan_talpa9y ago· 2 in thread

It seems to be solving 25% of all the problems https://martechtoday.com/wordpress-used-on-25-percent-of-all...

stephenrOP9y ago

I said it's technically a piece of garbage, confirming that it fits very much in the topic of "poorly written but very successful"

That 25% of sites use it just proves the successful part, and says nothing about how appropriate it is technically.

ruslan_talpa9y ago

Haven't looked at the code in a long time and it's probably as you say, not very nice code, and you are right that indeed WP fits this thread, BUT, i take issue with this phrasing "terrible solution to any problem" leading the reader to think that whatever he is trying to do, WP is not the answer. If it was such a terrible solution it wouldn't be were it is.

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