Fastmail Donates USD 10,000 to The Perl and Raku Foundation
Fastmail stuck with Perl because Perl stuck with them. TPRF can fund community grants again because of donors like this.
Cast-Iron Community: Your Chance to Sponsor TPRC 2026
Like a well-seasoned cast-iron pan, Perl is reliable, versatile, and built to last. Support TPRC 2026 and connect with a community that values durability and craftsmanship.
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Podlite comes to Perl: a lightweight block-based markup language for everyday use
This article introduces Podlite to the Perl community, explores the 1.0 specification, shows real examples, and demonstrates early integrations with Perl.
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Announcing the Perl Toolchain Summit 2026
Major Perl ecosystem maintainers will gather in Vienna, Austria for four days of intensive collaboration that will benefit the entire Perl community.
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DuckDuckGo Donates $25,000 to The Perl and Raku Foundation v2025
DuckDuckGo has generously donated USD 25,000 to The Perl and Raku Foundation for the second consecutive year, enabling critical language improvements by developers like Paul Evans, who has previously contributed the builtin module, class feature system, and lexical method support.
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Geizhals Preisvergleich Donates USD 10,000 to The Perl and Raku Foundation
The Perl and Raku Foundation announces a generous USD 10,000 donation from Geizhals Preisvergleich in support of the Perl 5 Core Maintenance Fund. This funding enables critical bug fixes and security improvements that keep Perl stable and reliable for organisations worldwide.
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Announcing Dancer2 2.0.0
The Dancer Core Team is excited to announce the release of Dancer2 2.0.0.
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My Guilty Perl Obsession
Perl came for free. How much have I contributed in return? Absolutely nothing.
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SUSE Donates USD 11,500 to The Perl and Raku Foundation
SUSE contributes $11,500 to support The Perl and Raku Foundation’s critical Perl 5 Core Maintenance Fund.
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Analysing FIT data with Perl: interactive data analysis
Prodding and poking at FIT data with PDL
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Proxmox Donates €10,000 to The Perl and Raku Foundation
Proxmox Server Solutions GmbH contributes €10,000 to support The Perl and Raku Foundation’s critical Perl 5 Core Maintenance Fund.
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Analysing FIT data with Perl: producing PNG plots
Plotting data extracted from Garmin FIT files with Perl
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Analysing FIT data with Perl: basic beginnings
Extracting and collating data from Garmin FIT files with Perl
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Introducing DBIx::Class::ResultSet::PrettyPrint
An answer on StackOverflow about pretty printing DBIx::Class result sets led to the creation of DBIx::Class::ResultSet::PrettyPrint. This article describes what the module does and shows an example of its use.
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Building Map::Tube::<*> maps, a HOWTO: alternative connections
Handling alternative node connections in a Map::Tube::<*> map.
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SlapbirdAPM, a Free and Open-Source Observability Tool for Perl Web Applications
SlapbirdAPM is a free and open-source observability platform for Perl web applications, this post covers how to use it with Plack applications.
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The Perl Toolchain Summit 2025: Security, Testing, and Community Collaboration
33 Perl ecosystem maintainers gathered in Leipzig for four days of intensive collaboration, delivering major security tooling improvements, testing infrastructure updates, and core performance enhancements that benefit the entire Perl community.
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Building Map::Tube::<*> maps, a HOWTO: routing relative reality
Finding routes between stations in a Map::Tube::<*> map.
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Building Map::Tube::<*> maps, a HOWTO: weaving a web
Weaving more tram lines into our Map::Tube::<*> map.
