• 2011.10.17 in #13 Why do you want new major features in core?
  Some people complain that 5.12 and 5.14 have not added many new user visible features to Perl. Leon Timmermans asks why do we want them. I think the more interesting question would be 'What new features do you want in core Perl?' and that's what some people answered. That's what you should also consider and post as a comment.
• 2012.01.02 in #24 What you should know about signal based timeouts
  Do you want to risk a seg-fault in your code? Leon Timmermans shows how safe and unsafe signal handles work and explains what are the problems with either of those.
• 2014.10.21 in #170 File::Slurper
  Leon Timmermans released File::Slurper, previously known as File::Slurp::Sane. It's intended as a replacement for File::Slurp, which has a number of problems.
• 2015.08.18 in #213 File::Slurp is broken and wrong
  Instead of that module Leon suggests File::Slurper, Path::Tiny, or even IO::All. I personally think that this whole thing, including the discussion on Reddit indicate serious problems in the Perl culture. How many people will see this post? How will all the others know what is the recommended way to slurp a file into memory?
• 2017.12.23 in #335 Smartmatch in 5.27.7
  A breaking change is happening for many developers in 5.27.7, it seems; I'm still learning about this one, and what it'll mean for my own coding. Lots of comments--get involved, and talk to the core devs you know!
• 2020.06.24 in #466 Perl 7, not quite getting better yet
  Leon exhaustive view on recently announced Perl 7. Must Read.
• 2020.08.01 in #471 Perl7 is a fork of values
  Thought provoking. Though I think Perl 5 has not been as backward compatible as many people like to think. I've seen quite a few upgrades breaking things. I like some of the comments: I like the point preaction makes between certainity and uncertainty. I also like the poins of Dean make about democracy or lack thereof. There are even more comments on the Reddit thread.
• 2021.04.14 in #508 A year of strife in Perl
  Leon shares his truth in this blog post. Worth reading.
• 2021.05.23 in #513 The Witch and the Witch-hunt
  
• 2021.12.29 in #545 My new modules in 2021
  The Perl modules Leon created in 2021: Crypt::Passphrase - Thread::Csp - autocroak; in Raku: Crypt::Passphrase - Net::MQTT
• 2022.02.20 in #552 Some tricks for prettier xs
  XS is notorious of being the bad boy. Leon presenting XS and showing the other side of it. Great effort Leon.
• 2024.01.23 in #653 My 2023 in Perl
  2023 was a rather productive year for Leon on CPAN. Aided by taking some time off he managed to release a whopping 18 new modules.
• 2024.02.11 in #655 Using peppers with Crypt::Passphrase
  Crypt::Passphrase is a module for managing passwords. It allows you to separate policy and mechanism, meaning that the code that polices authorization doesn’t have to know anything about what algorithms are used behind the screen, and vice-versa; thus making for a cryptographically agile system.

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