PHP developer?! Crazy bastard! :D Sort of how I started too but since then moved to other languages. Only use PHP these days for quick front ends for web projects.
Already decided I'd open source a slightly stripped down version to help upcoming community owners to run their own tip bots.
Yes I agree. I stopped developing a few years ago :) And have been playing around with various technologies since.. Meteorjs being my php replacement :)
But think I will stick to Python for now :)