Its so easy to just get things done in php, even if its in an ugly way that you would never show to another developer.

And with strict types and Psalm used right, I’d be happy to show it to anyone. The OO paradigm in general always has its valid criticism but modern PHP written correctly for its usual problem domains is perfectly fine actually it’s great at what it does.

...but you have got working code and a nice refactoring job where you do everything to the agreed on coding standards, learn a bit from your colleagues in the peer review and end up with something that is done the right way that you can take pride in.