Mathis Dev Blog

Vibe coding seems to be everywhere these days. Social media is flooded with stories of people building SaaS products at record speed using so-called vibe coding techniques. These posts often come with bold claims, not just about productivity but also about the future of our profession. The underlying message is clear: software engineers will soon be obsolete, replaced by AI and no-code tools. I strongly disagree with this narrative and frankly, I find the whole trend deeply frustrating.

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I’m currently quite active on social media, and more and more often I come across people on platforms like TikTok or X talking about how they’ve started a Webflow agency or are building the next SaaS or enterprise application for their clients. In most cases, that’s perfectly fine — experienced professionals sharing what they’re working on. Pretty cool. But lately, I’ve been seeing more and more people who really trigger me.

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Have you ever had a side project that you haven’t worked on in a long time? For me, there’s a project I started in 2021, originally to help me complete my school homework a bit faster. It’s a web app capable of solving simple math problems. A few days ago, I made the difficult decision to stop updating its dependencies. Letting go of this project was not easy for me. That’s why I want to share my experience with you—perhaps my thought process will be helpful if you ever find yourself facing a similar decision.

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I have been working with PHP in a professional environment for about three years. Despite this, PHP remains one of the most disliked languages among developers, which I find difficult to understand because it has evolved into a fairly robust and capable language. Why is it hated so much? In its early days, PHP was considered quite insecure. Many of the CVEs at the time were related to PHP, reinforcing its reputation as an unsafe language—an assessment that was accurate back then.

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In the past few days, I have been working on a side project that uses PHP and Laravel. I should mention that I had never used Laravel before in my life. My professional experience has primarily been with other PHP frameworks, like Symfony, and I thought: Why not try something new? I believe many people feel the same way. They want to explore something they’ve never worked with before. This is the essence of lifelong learning, especially in software engineering.

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