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Paul Flo WilliamsTime to thin the library of software engineering books that I no longer need or, in the case of the C++ ones, no longer (and never did) bring me joy. I doubt any charity shop will take these and I can’t just put them in recycling. If you would like any of these for the cost of postage (which for some will be sizeable), DM me. UK only, and I am in East Sussex if you wished to collect. Titles and weights in alt text. Please boost for reach and reuse! <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/computing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#computing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Perl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Perl</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Linux</a>

Mark GardnerThis weekend’s "final boss" wasn’t in a video game—it was my <a href="https://mastodon.phoenixtrap.com/tags/Perl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Perl</a> build. 🦖 Dist::Zilla and I stepped into the ring… and left as allies.(No Pacific Rim cities were harmed in the making of this release.)<a href="https://mastodon.phoenixtrap.com/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#programming</a> <a href="https://mastodon.phoenixtrap.com/tags/coding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#coding</a> <a href="https://mastodon.phoenixtrap.com/tags/SoftwareDevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SoftwareDevelopment</a> <a href="https://mastodon.phoenixtrap.com/tags/SoftwareEngineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SoftwareEngineering</a><a href="https://phoenixtrap.com/2025/08/17/kaiju-boss-battle-a-distzilla-journey-from-chaos-to-co-op/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://phoenixtrap.com/2025/08/17/kaiju-boss-battle-a-distzilla-journey-from-chaos-to-co-op/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social</a>

Mark Gardner<a href="https://rivals.space/@smonff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@smonff</a> And <a href="https://mastodon.phoenixtrap.com/tags/DZil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DZil</a> ain’t that steep a learning curve. The basics are literally *easier* than authoring a Makefile.PL or Build.PLAnd <a href="https://metacpan.org/pod/Dist::Zilla::Starter" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://metacpan.org/pod/Dist::Zilla::Starter</a> exists<a href="https://mastodon.phoenixtrap.com/tags/DistZilla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DistZilla</a> <a href="https://mastodon.phoenixtrap.com/tags/Perl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Perl</a>

Mark Gardner<a href="https://infosec.exchange/@rrwo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@rrwo</a> It *does* have everything <a href="https://mastodon.phoenixtrap.com/tags/DZil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DZil</a> built! In fact, I specifically crafted my dist.ini with that aim.The `build/main` branch has everything generated from main: <a href="https://codeberg.org/mjgardner/perl-Log-Any-Adapter-MacOS-OSLog/src/branch/build/main" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://codeberg.org/mjgardner/perl-Log-Any-Adapter-MacOS-OSLog/src/branch/build/main</a>And the `build/release` branch has everything generated for <a href="https://mastodon.phoenixtrap.com/tags/CPAN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CPAN</a> releases: <a href="https://codeberg.org/mjgardner/perl-Log-Any-Adapter-MacOS-OSLog/src/branch/build/release" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://codeberg.org/mjgardner/perl-Log-Any-Adapter-MacOS-OSLog/src/branch/build/release</a>And the "How to contribute” documentation tells you how to do both: <a href="https://metacpan.org/dist/Log-Any-Adapter-MacOS-OSLog/contribute" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://metacpan.org/dist/Log-Any-Adapter-MacOS-OSLog/contribute</a>Suggestions and PRs welcome!* <a href="https://codeberg.org/mjgardner/perl-Log-Any-Adapter-MacOS-OSLog/issues" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://codeberg.org/mjgardner/perl-Log-Any-Adapter-MacOS-OSLog/issues</a> * <a href="https://codeberg.org/mjgardner/perl-Log-Any-Adapter-MacOS-OSLog/pulls" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://codeberg.org/mjgardner/perl-Log-Any-Adapter-MacOS-OSLog/pulls</a><a href="https://mastodon.phoenixtrap.com/tags/Perl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Perl</a>

Mark Gardner<a href="https://linuxrocks.online/@demiguise" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@demiguise</a> <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/@Codeberg" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@Codeberg</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@metacpan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@metacpan</a> You can host a repo anywhere or not at all. There are plenty of <a href="https://mastodon.phoenixtrap.com/tags/Perl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Perl</a> modules whose *only* public source is <a href="https://mastodon.phoenixtrap.com/tags/CPAN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CPAN</a>; patches may be submitted via email, RT, or the author may not accept contributions at all.

Mark GardnerEt voilà, the latest version of my <a href="https://mastodon.phoenixtrap.com/tags/Perl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Perl</a> module and script for writing to the <a href="https://mastodon.phoenixtrap.com/tags/macOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#macOS</a> Unified Log, no <a href="https://mastodon.phoenixtrap.com/tags/ObjectiveC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ObjectiveC</a> or <a href="https://mastodon.phoenixtrap.com/tags/Swift" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Swift</a> required!* <a href="https://mastodon.phoenixtrap.com/tags/CPAN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CPAN</a>: <a href="https://metacpan.org/dist/Log-Any-Adapter-MacOS-OSLog" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://metacpan.org/dist/Log-Any-Adapter-MacOS-OSLog</a> * source on <a href="https://mastodon.phoenixtrap.com/tags/Codeberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Codeberg</a>: <a href="https://codeberg.org/mjgardner/perl-Log-Any-Adapter-MacOS-OSLog" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://codeberg.org/mjgardner/perl-Log-Any-Adapter-MacOS-OSLog</a>The contributing guide tells you all you need to know about how to develop this module either with <a href="https://mastodon.phoenixtrap.com/tags/DistZilla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DistZilla</a> or without: <a href="https://metacpan.org/dist/Log-Any-Adapter-MacOS-OSLog/contribute" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://metacpan.org/dist/Log-Any-Adapter-MacOS-OSLog/contribute</a>/ <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/@Codeberg" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@Codeberg</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@metacpan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@metacpan</a><a href="https://mastodon.phoenixtrap.com/tags/DZil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DZil</a> <a href="https://mastodon.phoenixtrap.com/tags/Mac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mac</a> <a href="https://mastodon.phoenixtrap.com/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#programming</a> <a href="https://mastodon.phoenixtrap.com/tags/coding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#coding</a> <a href="https://mastodon.phoenixtrap.com/tags/SoftwareDevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SoftwareDevelopment</a> <a href="https://mastodon.phoenixtrap.com/tags/SoftwareEngineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SoftwareEngineering</a> <a href="https://mastodon.phoenixtrap.com/tags/Codeberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Codeberg</a>

Mark Gardner<a href="https://mastodon.social/@pouyllau" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@pouyllau</a> <a href="https://mastodon.phoenixtrap.com/tags/Perl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Perl</a> (we don't add the 5 anymore since Perl 6 became <a href="https://mastodon.phoenixtrap.com/tags/RakuLang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RakuLang</a>) has definitely changed since 1999, but has thankfully retained a lot of backward compatibility.<a href="https://toot.community/@shiar" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@shiar</a> made a great cheat sheet summary: <a href="https://sheet.shiar.nl/perl" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://sheet.shiar.nl/perl</a><a href="https://mastodon.phoenixtrap.com/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#programming</a> <a href="https://mastodon.phoenixtrap.com/tags/coding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#coding</a> <a href="https://mastodon.phoenixtrap.com/tags/SoftwareDevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SoftwareDevelopment</a> <a href="https://mastodon.phoenixtrap.com/tags/SoftwareEngineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SoftwareEngineering</a>

Mark GardnerSorry to all the <a href="https://mastodon.phoenixtrap.com/tags/dzil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dzil</a> haters, but in the end I'm going back to Dist::Zilla for this and my other <a href="https://mastodon.phoenixtrap.com/tags/Perl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Perl</a> <a href="https://mastodon.phoenixtrap.com/tags/CPAN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CPAN</a> distributions. I tried the alternatives, but they all failed me for one reason or another.And in the end, it's just hard to argue with a negative line count delta.The good news is that I've got it configured to maintain build/main and build/release branches that one can fork and contribute to without having to install all my dependencies.I think I feel another blog post coming on.

Adam - K3CANHappy 30th CPAN Day!Thirty years ago today, the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network received its first upload: the sysdump module.<a href="https://social.k3can.us/tags/perl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#perl</a> <a href="https://social.k3can.us/tags/cpan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cpan</a> <a href="https://social.k3can.us/tags/cpanday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cpanday</a>

FErkiHappy <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/CPAN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CPAN</a> day, everyone!On this day 30 years ago, 1995-08-16, the Comprehensive <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Perl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Perl</a> Archive Network had its first module upload.How do you folks celebrate?

Mark GardnerHey <a href="https://mastodon.phoenixtrap.com/tags/CPAN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CPAN</a> authors, you have Opinions on how to best develop and package <a href="https://mastodon.phoenixtrap.com/tags/Perl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Perl</a> modules. What's the best way in 2025?I've used Dist::Zilla, but there are other options that might encourage contributors who don't use it. What are they?I'm using a plain ExtUtils::MakeMaker-based setup for <a href="https://metacpan.org/dist/Log-Any-Adapter-MacOS-OSLog" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://metacpan.org/dist/Log-Any-Adapter-MacOS-OSLog</a>, but keeping prerequisites and version numbers in sync is a chore. I'd like to adopt a better workflow for my other dists.

Su-Sheelolwhut? <a href="https://vis.social/tags/perl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#perl</a> back in the top 10 of tiobe?? WHO OF YOU DID THAT?? <a href="https://www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index/</a>

inglfoperl file browser "blue edition" 🫡 <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/perl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#perl</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/openbsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#openbsd</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/terminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#terminal</a>

Mark GardnerWhy didn’t someone tell me that <a href="https://mastodon.phoenixtrap.com/tags/Perl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Perl</a> made a surprise return to the <a href="https://mastodon.phoenixtrap.com/tags/TIOBE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TIOBE</a> index top 10 this month? <a href="https://www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index/</a>

Mark Gardner<a href="https://mastodon.social/@remywhisker" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@remywhisker</a> Solution: teach Anna <a href="https://mastodon.phoenixtrap.com/tags/Perl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Perl</a> 😸

Mark GardnerHey <a href="https://mastodon.phoenixtrap.com/tags/Mac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mac</a> <a href="https://mastodon.phoenixtrap.com/tags/Perl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Perl</a> people, mind kicking the tires on my latest <a href="https://mastodon.phoenixtrap.com/tags/CPAN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CPAN</a> distribution? <a href="https://metacpan.org/dist/Log-Any-Adapter-MacOS-OSLog" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://metacpan.org/dist/Log-Any-Adapter-MacOS-OSLog</a>It's an adapter for Log::Any that writes to the <a href="https://mastodon.phoenixtrap.com/tags/macOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#macOS</a> unified log. It also comes with a script called `maclog` that you can use to send log messages from the command line. Usually this can only be done from Swift or Objective-C.Please try it out and then use the macOS `log` command or Console app to see the results, then let me know if it's ready for a stable release.Thank you!

Mark GardnerGood news! My <a href="https://mastodon.phoenixtrap.com/tags/Perl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Perl</a> module now successfully logs “Debug” entries to <a href="https://mastodon.phoenixtrap.com/tags/macOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#macOS</a>’ Unified Log!I've updated the blog post at <a href="https://phoenixtrap.com/2025/08/10/perl-macos-oslog/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://phoenixtrap.com/2025/08/10/perl-macos-oslog/</a> to reflect this development.See <a href="https://codeberg.org/mjgardner/perl-Log-Any-Adapter-MacOS-OSLog/commit/8b215f66909c9b74d73e33fdf0feb2b7e25f8c63" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://codeberg.org/mjgardner/perl-Log-Any-Adapter-MacOS-OSLog/commit/8b215f66909c9b74d73e33fdf0feb2b7e25f8c63</a> for the differences, or <a href="https://codeberg.org/mjgardner/perl-Log-Any-Adapter-MacOS-OSLog" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://codeberg.org/mjgardner/perl-Log-Any-Adapter-MacOS-OSLog</a> for the latest version.<a href="https://mastodon.phoenixtrap.com/tags/CPAN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CPAN</a>, here I come!

Mark GardnerIt seems like this post is going over like a lead balloon. <a href="https://mastodon.phoenixtrap.com/tags/Perl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Perl</a> hackers probably saw that it was focused on a <a href="https://mastodon.phoenixtrap.com/tags/macOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#macOS</a> framework and passed it by because it didn’t seem applicable to <a href="https://mastodon.phoenixtrap.com/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Linux</a> or <a href="https://mastodon.phoenixtrap.com/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Windows</a>. This, despite the fact that <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@PerlFFI" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@PerlFFI</a> and Log::Any *are * cross-platform.Oh well, guess the <a href="https://mastodon.phoenixtrap.com/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Apple</a> halo effect doesn’t extend to <a href="https://mastodon.phoenixtrap.com/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#programming</a> <a href="https://mastodon.phoenixtrap.com/tags/blogging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#blogging</a>.

Samuel ChaseFor those of you have been programming for more than a decade, what programming languages, ecosystems, technologies do you wish you had spent more time with?For me, it would be: <a href="https://fantastic.earth/tags/C" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#C</a>, <a href="https://fantastic.earth/tags/Perl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Perl</a>, <a href="https://fantastic.earth/tags/OpenZFS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenZFS</a>, <a href="https://fantastic.earth/tags/TLA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TLA</a>+, <a href="https://fantastic.earth/tags/ErlangOTP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ErlangOTP</a> .(I have spent some time with <a href="https://fantastic.earth/tags/commonlisp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#commonlisp</a>, <a href="https://fantastic.earth/tags/clojure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#clojure</a>, <a href="https://fantastic.earth/tags/java" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#java</a>, <a href="https://fantastic.earth/tags/rakulang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rakulang</a> so these are not listed.)

ilmariDear <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Perl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Perl</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/ToolChain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ToolChain</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/DistZilla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DistZilla</a> lazyfedi,Is there a plugin that generates repository metadata by just bashing the <code>origin</code> (or other designated) <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/git" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#git</a> remote URL into HTTPS? I don't use the <code>.git</code> suffix for my remote URLs, but it could strip that off for the <code>web</code> key if present.

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