Proudly written in PHP, Pixelfed has embraced a UI driven development approach.
Users don't care if 
is using the latest or coolest framework or fancy tech, they care about the experience and what they see or feel.
I'd love to see more "uncool" projects in the fediverse.
@dansup Wait, is PHP the best language for something like this (in your opinion).
I would like to try developing something that would allow people to create accounts, upload information about themselves, and possible share data with each other via APIs.
Whether or not I actually do the actual programming or not, I am going to see if I can write up some specs for it.
But if I were to write it, what language is best for web apps with users like that?
@MOTT I'm biased, I would say php. I wrote a self-hosted status page and uptime monitoring federated alternative in a weekend using Laravel!
@dansup I built a simple chatroom with PHP (using text files). So I know some. I also am building the backend of another program in PHP.
It is just that Mastodon and diaspora* both use Ruby on Rails.
How do you recommend me learning PHP sufficient enough to build a project? I also have to learn Databasing...
@dansup What exactly is Laravel in a sentence or two?
@MOTT Laravel is the Rails of PHP (but faster, and with more features)
@MOTT You should watch this free webcast series, its how I got into Laravel!
https://laracasts.com/series/laravel-from-scratch-2018