Dark web PHP dev Ross Ulbricht released from prison…

Ross Ulbricht received a presidential pardon for his crimes related to the Silk Road. Let's take a look at the tech stack behind the Silk Road website, which included LAMP stack, PHP, Linux, Tor, and Cryptocurrency.

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[akmarx]

Remeber kids, this is how it starts, first it's harmless HTML with your friends and then hard PHP and life in prison.

[amine]

Ross Ulbricht after finding out about nextjs: "Please take me back to prison"

[Ni_Cobra]

The first life sentence was because of drug traffic, the second life sentence was because of using PHP

[ycombine]

Bro I didn't even think about the Rogan interview. That's 100% going to happen and I'm here for it.

[Lussaayn]

Bro really took "Learn PHP in 24 Hours" and built a whole economy. Respect.

[jaredspencer]

"I can excuse the drug trafficking, but I draw the line at building with PHP."

[asdprogram]

Alternative title: The PHP dev situation is CRAZY

[ZAcharyIndy]

now you understand why we have $ sign on all PHP's vars

[rexlundstrom]

Fun fact: yesterday, a dormant crypto wallet containing 6, 400BTC ($670mil) was just activated.

Many speculate it was Diamond-Hand(cuffed) Ross coming out of prison like the Count of Monte Cristo

[pxkqd]

I don't know if pardoning a php dev is the right call.

[amaankhan]

One of the downsides of clicking early on a Fireship video is all the funny comments are yet to come...

[prg_astro]

Daily reminder that no one from Purdue Pharma have gone to jail, the company that was one of the catalysts of the opioid crisis in the US, but the guy who made a website where you could buy drugs got double life sentence

[moonbalancedd]

Imagine thinking you are in prison for the rest of your life and getting out at 40 with still a pretty long life with a lot of possibilities ahead of you. That feeling can't be put in words.

[chriswinslow]

I first used PHP back in 2008 and many “expert programmers” back then said PHP would be dead soon. Almost a quarter of a century later and it’s still alive and kicking 🎉

[seashantytoo]

Will be warning my future children of the dangers of coding in PHP

[mgames]

Never clicked on a fireship vid any faster

[Sydra.]

It was a pretty harsh sentence for using PHP.

[pannkaka]

I dont know anything about coding and i only just found this channel today but it is so entertaining hearing someone speak about something they are well informed about. I love you Fireship!!!

[roykathurima]

Fireship is right about one thing; "The Joe Rogan - Ross Ulbricht interview is going to be an absolute banger". 🚀

[drdray]

Imagine being out of the loop for the past 12 years.

"What happened while I was in prison?"
"Well, television star Donald Trump won two non-consecutive terms as President, and he hates the FBI so he pardoned you. Also Bitcoin is now worth $100k."