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
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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 HNIt 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 HNIn 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