Anonymous BBS

Hello /prog/.

Shiichan sucks and is written in PHP. Kareha sucks and is written in Perl (which causes more issues than anything else ever could when trying hard to do so).

Is there any sane BBS software out there or do I have to try and do it myself, despite not being an EXPERT PROGRAMMER?

PHP sucks. Django or Jinja2 with Python are pretty sweet. Unfortunately, it doesn't have the scalability of PHP. Meaning, if you're trying to make a huge site with lots of visitors, Python probably isn't the way to go. Ruby is even worse off than Python in this regards.

Unfortunately, PHP is pretty much the only modernesque game in town unless you want some ASP.NET dicks rammed down your throat.