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It's still php-and-ftp. Sometimes I get fancy and use python and ssh.

I was going to say the same thing. I generally use Laravel instead of "raw" PHP these days, but still...

I nowadays mostly use a simple static website plus minimal Javascript, but I still have PHP sites.

It still works. And PHP today is at least factor 3 faster than PHP was back then — on the same hardware.

So maybe just use PHP and ftps or sftp?