FrankenPHP

Dev tools

application packaging

SHOW HN2023

29points
7comments
#1,423of 3,109 in 2023
Top 46%of 2023 by points

How HN took it

QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project

1 positive, 0 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 2 comments about the project.

Idea: 1 for, 1 against

The thread, comment by comment

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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker

What HN said

What people liked

  • Makes PHP deployment cleaner, separating app from system configuration

    From 1 comment
    • Oh nice! I hate PHP a bit less than I did before! One of my biggest issues with PHP is that it doesn't cleanly separate the app and the system. You configure your server to work…
      eternityforest on HN

Objections

  • PHP was designed for manually managed servers, not automated setup

    From 2 comments
    • > One of my biggest issues with PHP is that it doesn't cleanly separate the app and the system. Its probably been a couple decades since I looked at PHP stuff (like php4 was…
      genmud on HN
    • It makes sense to design it to be installed like that, my problem is it doesn't seem to be designed for automated setup. It was originally Personal Home Page, and feels like it…
      eternityforest on HN
  • Containers may be a better way to ship the app

    From 1 comment
    • Sounds like a the classic: works on my machine; let’s ship your machine; containers!
      quickthrower2 on HN

Requests

  • More self-hostable PHP apps installable in one click

    From 1 comment
    • Oh nice! I hate PHP a bit less than I did before! One of my biggest issues with PHP is that it doesn't cleanly separate the app and the system. You configure your server to work…
      eternityforest on HN

Questions

  • What tool and YAML are needed to manage configuration for server setups

    From 2 comments
    • > So then you need an extra tool to manage the configuration, and lots of YAML to declare what it should be.... You do? Can you be more specific about what tool you mean, and…
      stephenr on HN
    • In my case, if I have a server to manage I'm probably using Ansible, but I'm sure everyone has their own preferred tool, unless they like directly configuring things manually.
      eternityforest on HN

Alternatives named

  • Ansible for server configuration management

    From 1 comment
    • In my case, if I have a server to manage I'm probably using Ansible, but I'm sure everyone has their own preferred tool, unless they like directly configuring things manually.
      eternityforest on HN
  • Containers (Docker)

    From 1 comment
    • Sounds like a the classic: works on my machine; let’s ship your machine; containers!
      quickthrower2 on HN

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