Development
PHP
Server-side language powering ~77% of the entire web.
// What it is
A language from 1995. Modern PHP 8.3 is typed, fast, with a JIT compiler.
// Why your business should care
Huge developer pool, libraries for everything, three decades of ecosystem maturity.
// Common myth
"PHP is outdated." Whatever you joked about 10 years ago isn't true anymore. Modern PHP is a different language.
Verdict:
Mature and reliable. With Symfony behind it, it's enterprise-grade.