Since my last post I've put together two more sites / projects. They've both been in PHP, and the most trouble I've run into is managing the VPS. Having multiple sites hosted under my care means that one wrong move in a configuration file and WHAM! Messed up sites! So, while I'm trying to manage my VPS management capabilities, I find myself tiring of the tediousness of creating raw PHP projects without frameworks. I mean, I usually have to create the baseline configuration file, setup the ties to the database, include the files that allow me to do the cool things that I want to... I'm basically utilizing a lite framework that just seems to carry so much initial bore with it. If I didn't know better, I could swear there were better options out there. But for what I do on a semi-random basis? Things like Symfony, Zend Framework, and even CodeIgniter seem so obtuse when all I really need is a quality HTML page that interfaces with PHP through AJAX. No need to call the army when all I'm trying to do is target practice. With another small project coming up, I'm definitely staying with PHP for the things I'm needing to make sure get done under a time crunch. But the other things, the ones that I've got grandiose ideas about? Yeah... I'm looking at my options. But I really just want to start small. Getting the feel for a new language is paramount to anything else.