Original link: Why I’m Going Back to PHP in 2025 / Devrim Ozcay blog.
PHP is not in fashion, but I think the author has a valid point.
PHP is simple and focused on one thing: server side web app. If you are doing a simple web app, then there is no need for a more advanced solution.
It is also my impression that while node.js with simple custom JS/TS code is indeed blazingly fast, then node.js using an advanced framework that end up pulling in 1000 micro-libraries as dependencies is not fast any more.