Some first, quick thoughts around that "Laravel considered harmful" post.
👍 I think it's better to focus on the things you like rather than the things you dislike. With a positive mindset, you're likely to be more happier (and more productive).
In this particular case, I'd rather have read a post from the author on which framework he prefers, rather than which framework he doesn't like.
Any tool, in this case a framework, can fantastic for some, and completely suck for others at the same time. We all have different expectations of how a tool should work. If a tool matches your expectations, great! If not, maybe it's not for you, and it's ok to look for something else.
Anybody figured out how to catch "MySQL has gone away" and refresh a PDO connection for long running tasks in @CraftCMS#craftcms
Overriding the `Command` class and implementing a retryHandler does not seem to work, odd errors pop up.