Missed the biggest point which is cognitive overhead. HTTP is simple to understand and it has thrived because of this. What a pain it is to get Wireshark to decode TLS traffic, which is not just cognitive overhead but debugging overhead too.
Well I certainly agree with the right tool for the right job. And PHP has some roles. My point was more about the article, which would, imo, put programmers off PHP with its contrariness and smugness.
What I take from is not to use PHP, which I do as it pays the bills, but why would anyone choose it for a new project baffles me. This article doesn't help it.
What size? Make sure you've enough room is my first generic piece of advice. Then I'd suggest a list of games people want to play so that everyone is patched and ready to rock.
And Saturday night is pizza night. No exceptions. Rock band/console multiplayer highly encouraged.
I can get a whole book for $12, perhaps two on offer. The price/hour doesn't quite compute. New Scientist is £44/12 issues in the UK making it objectively about twice the value for comparison.