For March I was assigned ExtUtils::Install [https://metacpan.org/release/ExtUtils-Install] which is used by ExtUtils::MakeMaker and Module::Build to install Perl modules. This is, by far, the most core module I have been assigned to date. I was impressed by it's long list of green test reports on CPAN testers for every version and system imaginable. I read through...
I found this awesome service [https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/index.html] provided by Qualsys SSL Labs. I had done a fair amount of research into strong SSL configuration after Heartbleed [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heartbleed], POODLE [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POODLE], etc. so I was very interested to see how my system would perform. My server did very well...
I have been using FreeNAS [http://www.freenas.org/] for a number of years. I was really happy with it [https://www.doyleyoung.net/freenas/], but a long running problem in recent releases has made me look for an alternative. The first time I noticed a problem there was an extended power outage at my house. When the power came back on...
For February I was assigned Test::Mini::Unit [https://metacpan.org/pod/distribution/Test-Mini-Unit/lib/Test/Mini/Unit.pod] which provides extra declarative sugar for Test::Mini [https://metacpan.org/pod/Test::Mini]. When I first installed Test::Mini::Unit I had a test failure and I thought the month was going to be over quickly. But, as it turned out, the...
I decided to participate in the 2015 CPAN Pull Request Challenge [http://neilb.org/2014/11/29/pr-challenge-2015.html]. I have used perl for 15 years and have not contributed much back to the wonderful Perl community in that time. I see this as the perfect opportunity to rub the shoulders of the giants I have been standing on all these years....