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2016.04.08 in #246 Dist::Zilla::PluginBundle::Starter - A new way to start using Dist::Zilla
Dan introduces his new [@Starter] plugin bundle for Dist::Zilla, aimed at making it easy to get started with DZ while providing more than the traditional [@Basic] bundle.
2016.07.05 in #259 Dist::Zilla - Why you should use @Starter instead of @Basic
2017.04.02 in #297 CPAN Meta Browser
Dan has created a simple web-based interface to the CPAN Index (02packages.details.txt) and the PAUSE permissions dump (06perms.txt).
2017.04.17 in #300 Autoload::AUTOCAN - Autoloading the easy way
Dand introduces his Autoload::AUTOCAN module, which makes it easier to do Autoload right.
2018.02.22 in #344 Encode::Simple - Encode and decode text, simply
Dan releases a module to serve as a wrapper around Encode, to simplify its interface.
2018.04.13 in #351 A Guide to Versions in Perl
Giving version numbers to your project, or understanding the versioning scheme of another project is important as it can communicate a lot of information to both humans and tools that need to compare versions. This article goes over the two ways to write version numbers in Perl and provides you with all the information you'll need.
2018.06.22 in #361 perldoc.pl - A new way to perldoc
A new site perldoc.pl that shows the documentation of Perl. Very nice! I'd love it to be part of MetaCPAN though as I don't think people (especially beginners) should need to know what is part of Perl and what is an external module.
2018.07.07 in #363 Updates to perldoc.pl
2018.11.17 in #383 Modern Perl CGI
Dan showing an example arguing against the use of CGI, but the comments did not agree.
2018.12.29 in #388 App::MigrateModules
Migrate installed CPAN modules from one Perl to another
2019.03.01 in #397 HTTP requests, simply
HTTP::Simple is a new alternative to LWP::Simple and ojo.
2019.04.30 in #406 Perl Toolchain Summit 2019 - CPAN Dependencies Graph
It was Dan's first time at any PTS as well. He decided to work on a replacement for the Stratopan dependency graphs.
2019.06.22 in #413 Searching Perldocs
I always felt that the extensive use of special characters in Perl makes it hard to search for good answers in a generic search engine. It is interesting to read how Dan implemented search for the perldoc.pl site. It would be even more interesting to if you can come up with queries that don't get a good response or non at all. I am sure Dan will be happy to get reports and the opportunity to further improve the search engine.
2019.07.20 in #417 The Time::Local Trap
Oh I did not know Time::Local uses heuristics (aka. guess) to determine what is the year. Nor that it can handle 2-digit years further perpetuating the Y2K (Year 2000) problem. You always learn something strange.
2019.09 in #425 Task::Kensho needs your help!
Task::Kensho is a curated list of CPAN modules, but it needs your help. Discuss it here
2019.10.27 in #431 Request for Feedback: Perl Documentation Site
A reimagined documentation site.
2020.12.08 in #491 Perl 7 FAQ
An unofficial FAQ by Dan Book (aka. Grinnz). Some interesting comments on Reddit.
2021.02.08 in #499 Perl 7: A Modest Proposal
Some very interesting points and as it was posted on a forum that is accessible by many, it also created a discussion.
2021.03.08 in #503 Dist::Zilla::PluginBundle::Starter - A new way to start using Dist::Zilla
Dist::Zilla is an extremely powerful and versatile CPAN authoring tool, but it has a cost. This module is an attempt to reduce the difficulty of getting started with Dist::Zilla.
2021.03.09 in #503 Dist::Zilla - Why you should use @Starter instead of @Basic
2021.03.10 in #503 Dist::Zilla @Starter - Revision 2
2021.03.11 in #503 Dist::Zilla @Starter Revision 3 - Git, versioning, and more
2023.12.19 in #648 Migrating from DBD::mysql to DBD::MariaDB
Nice to see the use of CPAN modules, specially the DBD::* family. Please do checkout if you want to try something new.

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