FWIW, I've mostly maintained long term PHP projects, and I've had nearly unaltered codebases running for ~25 years since php3. No frameworks, just core PHP. People dump on PHP, but it's a very good tool if you're focused on maintainable output and pick the right functional APIs to cede to mature unix tools. You can expect decades of solid, maintainable output.

Experienced programmers will not pick up a "built on shifting sand" stack, because they can acutely perceive the pain and suffering before it happens, generally from past experience. With fast-crumbling stacks, you need to execute quickly and move on, and treat the whole codebase as an expiring entity. Stacks I personally try to avoid: anything node/javascripty, anything Androidy, anything iDevicey.

Those who don't understand Unix are condemned to reinvent it, poorly. - Henry Spencer

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