#php take: it's not a "bad language" that "should have never existed", it's very accessible and i would not shame anyone for building a personal website or small-scale forum using it
same way i would not complain if someone built a cabin in the woods out of logs instead of concrete and rebar
the problem is more systemic
on one hand, we have people being pushed to add more and more and put off boring infrastructure work until later so that if anyone says "hey, this log cabin now has 20 floors, perhaps we should rebuild it with a more durable foundation and out of better materials", the answer is "and how long will that take? we have a business to run"
and on the other, we have people who insist that every building should be built with expectations that one day it will become a skyscraper, and having more reasonable expectations is for wimps, and expect everyone to have a degree in engineering and a carefully thought-out expansion plan for a single-family home in the suburbs