10 questions for company owners · PDF

What happens to your ordering panel when your only developer leaves?

In many companies nobody knows the answer. Ten questions will show in five minutes where you stand, no programming knowledge needed.

Will your system survive your developer leaving?

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Does your company have its own system in PHP?

YesNoNot sure

How many people work at your company?

up to 2021–100101–500over 500

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What is inside

Ten questions in three parts, each answered YES or NO, with one sentence on why it is worth asking. I based them on checklists from companies in Poland and abroad that take over legacy applications. At the end you count your score and see where to start.

The first question on the list

Do you know which PHP version the system runs on and whether that version still gets security patches?

Older PHP versions no longer get them, and version 8.2 stops at the end of 2026. A system on such a version works fine until the day someone finds a hole in it.

Who prepared this checklist

Krzysztof Piórkowski, senior PHP developer, Rymatic

I have been writing PHP commercially since 2019, in fintech, production SaaS, e-commerce and logistics. I developed a Zend 1 system on PHP 4, maintained Laravel systems on PHP 7.4, built new ones on PHP 8 and I teach PHP at Coders Lab. At Rymatic I take over systems from previous contractors and run them personally.

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When this checklist will not tell you much

If you have your own development team or a shop on a subscription platform such as Shoper or IdoSell, most questions do not apply. The checklist is for companies with their own PHP system and nobody looking after it day to day.

Will your system survive your developer leaving?

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