What if your focus is not on elegance of the code but the product? What if you don't want to spend any time on boilerplate and starter project setup but spend all your time on your idea? What if programming is just the means? What if this is not you: https://twitter.com/cassidoo/status/1216871876192088065
PHP used to be light years ahead in this since it is internet native language. With anything else you have a lot of moving parts that need to be aligned in a specific way to make it work, in PHP the default state is ready to go.
How do you deploy your new code to your LAMP server? You put it in a folder. No need for package managers, no need for any other kind of tooling. You even don't need any frameworks beyond your original product requirements.
If it's local server, you drag and drop the file you just typed in the code using your file manager. If it's a remote server you use your favourite FTP app.
If your idea turns out to be worth its salt you can pay an army of engineers to re-implement it in an elegant way.
PHP used to be light years ahead in this since it is internet native language. With anything else you have a lot of moving parts that need to be aligned in a specific way to make it work, in PHP the default state is ready to go.
How do you deploy your new code to your LAMP server? You put it in a folder. No need for package managers, no need for any other kind of tooling. You even don't need any frameworks beyond your original product requirements.
If it's local server, you drag and drop the file you just typed in the code using your file manager. If it's a remote server you use your favourite FTP app.
If your idea turns out to be worth its salt you can pay an army of engineers to re-implement it in an elegant way.