Thanks for the good feedback.
>I agree that the problem of schema rot is an issue
I am glad to hear that, and as someone who once landed a patch on PHP (proof! https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=61124&edit=3), I feel terrible that it read like an advert. I will consider writing a more technically sound followup.
Curious: do you feel this "schema rot" pain today? If so, can you elaborate on it?