(advantage is you could deactivate the listeners and dont have to deactivate low level Objects)
DO AB TESTS for everything (smiley face at end of subject line does 20% more clickrate)
examples for good framework design
top 100 Webseites - 40% dont use PHP, 60% do
AJAX is replacing default Templating Systems in PHP
NOT Ajax but AJAJ (AsynchronousJavascriptAndJSON) JSON is easier to use on ClientSide
db is not longer the Bottleneck thx to Memcache
bind lightly, Loose Coupling
memcache was developed by PERL Developer, now most commits are coming from PHP Devs
Design Patterns are coming from Java DEVS, now Java Devs are entering PHP
Ruby is multithreaded, you have to use CloudComputing and it's developed many usefull tools (GitHub, CruiseControl)
Conclusion
Dont say Fuck you, blog this!