With PHP you don't even have to deploy, just edit the files on the live server, ...

davedx · 2025-06-02T11:41:41 1748864501

Haha, yes, I used to work with PHP, and we would occasionally use Notepad++ or something like it to live edit files on the servers.

I also don't endorse this way of doing things, but there's no faster way to hotfix something.

wayvey · 2025-06-02T10:40:52 1748860852

Depending on the setup this could be the case for JS as well but of course in reality most JS is compiled these days.

mbb70 · 2025-06-02T11:21:26 1748863286

Speaking from experience you can absolutely ssh into the production webserver and live edit compiled/minified JS.

timw4mail · 2025-06-02T13:24:15 1748870655

Ewwww...