This time next week YAPC Europe will have started and many of us will be enjoying ourselves in Kiev. The organisers published the schedule over the weekend and it looks like it’s going to be a great conference. I spent some time trying to work out which talks I want to see and I’ve written […]
Just Build Something
About a month ago, JT Smith suggested that we should all stop talking about Perl and just build something. And, purely coincidentally, over the last few weeks I resurrected a project that I have been poking at for about five years and have finally turned it into something that I’m happy to show the world. […]
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Pebble and Perl
I’ve been wearing a Pebble watch for a couple of months now. I really like it but, to be honest, it’s the potential that has me most excited. The number of apps currently available is a bit disappointing and the API is taking its time appearing. But even when the API is published, I wonder […]
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Removing Modules from Core
I was on holiday last week and missed most of the discussions about removing Module::Build and CGI from the Perl core in the next few years. I hope you won’t mind if I chime in a little late with my thoughts. Module::Build I’m a little bemused by the Module::Build story. Well, perhaps “bemused” isn’t quite […]
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Perl School: DBIx::Class
Update: I’m sorry to have to announce that this course has been cancelled. I hope to reschedule for later in the year. Tempus fugit and another Perl School rolls around. Next Saturday (June 8th) I’ll be running my one-day course on Database Programming with Perl and DBIx::Class. As always the course will take place at […]