Olaf Alders 🇨🇦
Dad, MetaCPAN guy, software dev, occasional musician. Perl, Go, Git, Neovim, Linux, Bakersfield Beat, 90's college rock. https://prettygoodping.com
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Dad, MetaCPAN guy, software dev, occasional musician. Perl, Go, Git, Neovim, Linux, Bakersfield Beat, 90's college rock. https://prettygoodping.com
Dad, MetaCPAN guy, software dev, occasional musician. Perl, Go, Git, Neovim, Linux, Bakersfield Beat, 90's college rock. https://prettygoodping.com
Bug reports can go to https://github.com/metacpan/metacpan-web/pull/3614
I did a lot of UAT, but I imagine there will still be a number of issues that will come up, especially for mobile devices.
Dad, MetaCPAN guy, software dev, occasional musician. Perl, Go, Git, Neovim, Linux, Bakersfield Beat, 90's college rock. https://prettygoodping.com
Dad, MetaCPAN guy, software dev, occasional musician. Perl, Go, Git, Neovim, Linux, Bakersfield Beat, 90's college rock. https://prettygoodping.com
https://metacpan.org/release/SHAY/perl-5.40.4/
https://metacpan.org/release/SHAY/perl-5.42.2/
Dad, MetaCPAN guy, software dev, occasional musician. Perl, Go, Git, Neovim, Linux, Bakersfield Beat, 90's college rock. https://prettygoodping.com
Dad, MetaCPAN guy, software dev, occasional musician. Perl, Go, Git, Neovim, Linux, Bakersfield Beat, 90's college rock. https://prettygoodping.com
https://luma.com/k73djcf1?tk=bjDZjD
Dad, MetaCPAN guy, software dev, occasional musician. Perl, Go, Git, Neovim, Linux, Bakersfield Beat, 90's college rock. https://prettygoodping.com
Dad, MetaCPAN guy, software dev, occasional musician. Perl, Go, Git, Neovim, Linux, Bakersfield Beat, 90's college rock. https://prettygoodping.com
https://metacpan.org/release/SHAY/perl-5.42.2-RC1/
https://metacpan.org/release/SHAY/perl-5.40.4-RC1/
Dad, MetaCPAN guy, software dev, occasional musician. Perl, Go, Git, Neovim, Linux, Bakersfield Beat, 90's college rock. https://prettygoodping.com
Dad, MetaCPAN guy, software dev, occasional musician. Perl, Go, Git, Neovim, Linux, Bakersfield Beat, 90's college rock. https://prettygoodping.com
https://metacpan.org/release/EHERMAN/perl-5.43.9/view/pod/perldelta.pod
Dad, MetaCPAN guy, software dev, occasional musician. Perl, Go, Git, Neovim, Linux, Bakersfield Beat, 90's college rock. https://prettygoodping.com
Dad, MetaCPAN guy, software dev, occasional musician. Perl, Go, Git, Neovim, Linux, Bakersfield Beat, 90's college rock. https://prettygoodping.com
See also https://open.spotify.com/artist/7EyvOwzARd9P5QRbTtEBHg?si=8MFEEjn4SG2k0xIWclWd3Q
#perl @perl @tag-perl #programming
Dad, MetaCPAN guy, software dev, occasional musician. Perl, Go, Git, Neovim, Linux, Bakersfield Beat, 90's college rock. https://prettygoodping.com
Dad, MetaCPAN guy, software dev, occasional musician. Perl, Go, Git, Neovim, Linux, Bakersfield Beat, 90's college rock. https://prettygoodping.com
We will likely be using that to store snapshots of our BackPAN (CPAN archive + deleted files).
Dad, MetaCPAN guy, software dev, occasional musician. Perl, Go, Git, Neovim, Linux, Bakersfield Beat, 90's college rock. https://prettygoodping.com
Dad, MetaCPAN guy, software dev, occasional musician. Perl, Go, Git, Neovim, Linux, Bakersfield Beat, 90's college rock. https://prettygoodping.com
Dad, MetaCPAN guy, software dev, occasional musician. Perl, Go, Git, Neovim, Linux, Bakersfield Beat, 90's college rock. https://prettygoodping.com
Dad, MetaCPAN guy, software dev, occasional musician. Perl, Go, Git, Neovim, Linux, Bakersfield Beat, 90's college rock. https://prettygoodping.com
https://mymindisracing.com/
Dad, MetaCPAN guy, software dev, occasional musician. Perl, Go, Git, Neovim, Linux, Bakersfield Beat, 90's college rock. https://prettygoodping.com
Dad, MetaCPAN guy, software dev, occasional musician. Perl, Go, Git, Neovim, Linux, Bakersfield Beat, 90's college rock. https://prettygoodping.com
https://github.com/Perl/perl5/pull/24259
Dad, MetaCPAN guy, software dev, occasional musician. Perl, Go, Git, Neovim, Linux, Bakersfield Beat, 90's college rock. https://prettygoodping.com
Dad, MetaCPAN guy, software dev, occasional musician. Perl, Go, Git, Neovim, Linux, Bakersfield Beat, 90's college rock. https://prettygoodping.com
"Olaf Kolkman has had a long career in networking and Open Source that led him to be working on Internet Technology, Policy and Advocacy at the Internet Society. In September 2025, we had a long conversation with him.
In this first part, we discussed his involvement with Perl, DNSSEC and NLnet Labs."
https://underbar.cpan.io/episodes/9/
Dad, MetaCPAN guy, software dev, occasional musician. Perl, Go, Git, Neovim, Linux, Bakersfield Beat, 90's college rock. https://prettygoodping.com
Dad, MetaCPAN guy, software dev, occasional musician. Perl, Go, Git, Neovim, Linux, Bakersfield Beat, 90's college rock. https://prettygoodping.com
Dad, MetaCPAN guy, software dev, occasional musician. Perl, Go, Git, Neovim, Linux, Bakersfield Beat, 90's college rock. https://prettygoodping.com
Dad, MetaCPAN guy, software dev, occasional musician. Perl, Go, Git, Neovim, Linux, Bakersfield Beat, 90's college rock. https://prettygoodping.com
https://www.freewear.org/PerlandRaku
Dad, MetaCPAN guy, software dev, occasional musician. Perl, Go, Git, Neovim, Linux, Bakersfield Beat, 90's college rock. https://prettygoodping.com
Dad, MetaCPAN guy, software dev, occasional musician. Perl, Go, Git, Neovim, Linux, Bakersfield Beat, 90's college rock. https://prettygoodping.com
Thanks to @rjbs and Fastmail for supporting Perl 5 core development. 🙏
https://www.perl.com/article/fastmail-donates-usd-10-000-to-the-perl-and-raku-foundation/
Further discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46888454
Dad, MetaCPAN guy, software dev, occasional musician. Perl, Go, Git, Neovim, Linux, Bakersfield Beat, 90's college rock. https://prettygoodping.com
Dad, MetaCPAN guy, software dev, occasional musician. Perl, Go, Git, Neovim, Linux, Bakersfield Beat, 90's college rock. https://prettygoodping.com
https://www.perl.com/article/podlite-comes-to-perl-a-lightweight-block-based-markup-language-for-everyday-use/
#perl @perl @tag-perl #programming
Dad, MetaCPAN guy, software dev, occasional musician. Perl, Go, Git, Neovim, Linux, Bakersfield Beat, 90's college rock. https://prettygoodping.com
Dad, MetaCPAN guy, software dev, occasional musician. Perl, Go, Git, Neovim, Linux, Bakersfield Beat, 90's college rock. https://prettygoodping.com
I'd like to add another two or three sponsors to the footer in order to keep things moving forward. If you're interested or if you can send me an introduction to a potential sponsor, I'd very much appreciate it.
Geolytica's web presence is at: https://geocode.xyz/
Dad, MetaCPAN guy, software dev, occasional musician. Perl, Go, Git, Neovim, Linux, Bakersfield Beat, 90's college rock. https://prettygoodping.com
Dad, MetaCPAN guy, software dev, occasional musician. Perl, Go, Git, Neovim, Linux, Bakersfield Beat, 90's college rock. https://prettygoodping.com
https://perladvent.org/2025/2025-12-20.html
#perl @perl @tag-perl #programming
Dad, MetaCPAN guy, software dev, occasional musician. Perl, Go, Git, Neovim, Linux, Bakersfield Beat, 90's college rock. https://prettygoodping.com
Dad, MetaCPAN guy, software dev, occasional musician. Perl, Go, Git, Neovim, Linux, Bakersfield Beat, 90's college rock. https://prettygoodping.com
@book introduces The Underbar, a podcast recording conversations and stories from the Perl community to preserve its history. 🎄🎙️
https://perladvent.org/2025/2025-12-19.html
#perl @perl @tag-perl #programming
Dad, MetaCPAN guy, software dev, occasional musician. Perl, Go, Git, Neovim, Linux, Bakersfield Beat, 90's college rock. https://prettygoodping.com
Dad, MetaCPAN guy, software dev, occasional musician. Perl, Go, Git, Neovim, Linux, Bakersfield Beat, 90's college rock. https://prettygoodping.com
https://perladvent.org/2025/2025-12-18.html
#perl @perl @tag-perl #programming
Dad, MetaCPAN guy, software dev, occasional musician. Perl, Go, Git, Neovim, Linux, Bakersfield Beat, 90's college rock. https://prettygoodping.com
Dad, MetaCPAN guy, software dev, occasional musician. Perl, Go, Git, Neovim, Linux, Bakersfield Beat, 90's college rock. https://prettygoodping.com
https://perladvent.org/2025/2025-12-17.html
#perl @perl @tag-perl #programming
Dad, MetaCPAN guy, software dev, occasional musician. Perl, Go, Git, Neovim, Linux, Bakersfield Beat, 90's college rock. https://prettygoodping.com
Dad, MetaCPAN guy, software dev, occasional musician. Perl, Go, Git, Neovim, Linux, Bakersfield Beat, 90's college rock. https://prettygoodping.com
https://perladvent.org/2025/2025-12-16.html
#perl @perl @tag-perl #programming
Dad, MetaCPAN guy, software dev, occasional musician. Perl, Go, Git, Neovim, Linux, Bakersfield Beat, 90's college rock. https://prettygoodping.com
Dad, MetaCPAN guy, software dev, occasional musician. Perl, Go, Git, Neovim, Linux, Bakersfield Beat, 90's college rock. https://prettygoodping.com
https://perladvent.org/2025/2025-12-15.html
#perl @perl @tag-perl #programming
Dad, MetaCPAN guy, software dev, occasional musician. Perl, Go, Git, Neovim, Linux, Bakersfield Beat, 90's college rock. https://prettygoodping.com
Dad, MetaCPAN guy, software dev, occasional musician. Perl, Go, Git, Neovim, Linux, Bakersfield Beat, 90's college rock. https://prettygoodping.com
https://perladvent.org/2025/2025-12-14.html
#perl @perl @tag-perl #programming
Dad, MetaCPAN guy, software dev, occasional musician. Perl, Go, Git, Neovim, Linux, Bakersfield Beat, 90's college rock. https://prettygoodping.com
Dad, MetaCPAN guy, software dev, occasional musician. Perl, Go, Git, Neovim, Linux, Bakersfield Beat, 90's college rock. https://prettygoodping.com
https://perladvent.org/2025/2025-12-13.html
#perl @perl @tag-perl #programming
Dad, MetaCPAN guy, software dev, occasional musician. Perl, Go, Git, Neovim, Linux, Bakersfield Beat, 90's college rock. https://prettygoodping.com
Dad, MetaCPAN guy, software dev, occasional musician. Perl, Go, Git, Neovim, Linux, Bakersfield Beat, 90's college rock. https://prettygoodping.com
This is our largest gift of 2025 and it will advance some very important work in the Perl 5 core. I'd like to thank Joseph Jerome, Oriol Soriano and Gabriel Weinberg for their support in making this happen. It's a big deal for us. ♥️
https://www.perl.com/article/duckduckgo-donates-25-000-to-the-perl-and-raku-foundation-v2025/
Dad, MetaCPAN guy, software dev, occasional musician. Perl, Go, Git, Neovim, Linux, Bakersfield Beat, 90's college rock. https://prettygoodping.com
Dad, MetaCPAN guy, software dev, occasional musician. Perl, Go, Git, Neovim, Linux, Bakersfield Beat, 90's college rock. https://prettygoodping.com
https://www.perl.com/article/suse-donates-to-tprf/
Thanks to @tinita for making this happen. 🙏