Perl Weekly - all the articles published by Max Maischein

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PAUSE: CORION

2012.02.13 in #30 Your Perl-driven cyborgs can soon recognize objects
Max Maischein (Corion) is trying to make sure we are going to be able to track objects as they move around in movies.
2012.02.27 in #32 How many faces do you count?
Max Maischein (Corion) keeps working on Image::CCV that can process images, recognize faces (and sometimes other things as faces) and provide you with the coordinates.
2012.05.08 in #42 Twitter Bootstrap templates for Dancer Applications
by Max Maischein (Corion)
2015.03.26 in #192 German Perl Workshop 2015: CFP extended until March 30th 2015
The German Perl workshop runs from the 6th to the 8th of May. If you're quick, you can still submit a talk proposal.
2015.09.13 in #216 Fruits of YAPC::Europe - Image::JpegMinimal
Several images of Granada, including Alhambra. Some of them blurred. On purpose. By the new module Corion created.
2015.12.14 in #230 London Perl Workshop 2015 - a retrospective
2016.04.01 in #245 Virtual Spring Cleaning (part 2 of X) in which I release Apache::Tika::Async
2016.04.05 in #246 Introducing Plack::Middleware::Pod
Max has released Plack::Middleware::Pod — Plack middleware for rendering pod files as HTML.
2016.04.09 in #246 Virtual Spring Cleaning (part 4 of X) in which I release Archive::SevenZip
Max introduces his Archive::SevenZip module, which lets you access files and directories in an archive using an API similar to Path::Class.
2016.04.12 in #247 Virtual Spring Cleaning, an interlude
Corion shows us the tools he is using to clean up the mess. Basically a set of tests he uses for his CPAN modules. Some nice suggestions there, though I think I'd also add a test using Perl::Critic and one using Perl::Tidy.
2016.04.20 in #248 Virtual Spring Cleaning (part 6 of X) wherein I expose my bad taste for all to see
Danger! Source filters!
2016.04.24 in #248 Virtual Spring Cleaning (part 7 of X) Wherein I Enter the Archives
2016.05.05 in #250 Interlude 2, in which I write more about the release pipeline
It's always nice what process and tools other CPAN authors use to craft and publish their distributions.
2016.05.17 in #252 Virtual Spring Cleaning (part 9 of X) wherein I retrieve content
Max presents his new Future::HTTP module, which gives you an HTTP client with an interface based on the Future module.
2016.05.20 in #252 Virtual Spring Cleaning (part 10 of X) wherein I tackle finances
Max is going to have to rename this series, as it will soon be summer. Here he tells us how he's managing the accounts for Frankfurt.pm, and the Hibiscus::XMLRPC he's written to help with that.
2016.09.20 in #270 Introducing MIME::Detect
Another entry in Max's occasional series about tidying up code he's written, to release as hopefully-useful CPAN modules. His new module File::MimeInfo will try to identify the MIME type of a file.
2016.10.31 in #276 Modern OpenGL with Perl
Max has been playing with OpenGL and GLEW (The OpenGL Extension Wrangler Library) from Perl. Also see his follow-up post.
2017.04.08 in #298 Virtual Spring Cleaning Prelude: What I did, and what hasn't happened so far
JavaScript::Duktape, a small embedded Javascript engine with an XS module for Perl. Net::Fritz for a Fritz!Box used as DSL modem, router and VoIP adapter.
2017.04.16 in #299 Virtual Spring Cleaning Interlude: A herd of yaks, all waiting to be shaved
Max takes a swing at a couple of slow-burning projects.
2017.04.20 in #300 Creating a pivot table from an SQL query
Max introduces his new module, DBIx::PivotQuery, which lets you build pivot tables, similar to those you can use in Excel.
2017.04.24 in #301 Virtual Spring Cleaning Interlude, in which I could do more for Perl
How much should one worry when patching a not-recommended core module? Will the people who don't follow the development of perl and CPAN care? Will they ever upgrade?
2017.04.28 in #301 Deutscher Perl-Workshop 2017 - Call for Participation
The 19th German Perl Workshop will take place between 26-28 June 2017.
2017.05.08 in #303 Virtual Spring Cleaning - in which wild modules ambush me
Corion started to work again on WWW::Mechanize::Chrome this time using the headless Chrome. He also updated Test-HTTP-LocalServer.
2017.05.15 in #304 Virtual Spring Cleaning (part 3 of XX) wherein one release begets another
More of Max's tidying up and releasing new code to CPAN.
2019.11.26 in #436 Perl 5 development has moved to Github
I didn't notice much public discussion, but in the last month, Perl 5 development has moved to Github.
2019.12.26 in #440 22nd German Perl Workshop 2020 in Erlangen from 4th to 6th March 2020
Max sharing the news of the next German Perl Workshop. Please sign up if you are willing to attend the workshop. Or if you are keen to be a speaker then please submit a talk.
2020.01.25 in #444 GPW2020 - Keynote, accepted talks and extension of the submission deadline
2020.04.16 in #456 Perlmongers Conferences in the Time of Corona
Max shared the details of Virtual Conference he is setting up currently.
2021.10.26 in #536 Reviving Net::Pcap
Max sharing his experiments with Net::Pcap. Very informative, you don't want to miss it.
2021.12.04 in #541 Geizhals Preisvergleich sponsors the German Perl/Raku Workshop 2022
2022.05.08 in #563 Save the date - Deutscher Perl/Raku Workshop 2023 in Frankfurt am Main - 27.02.2023-1.03.2023
What can I say. These people have some long planning! I am glad to see it.
2022.10.10 in #586 Frankfurter Perl Workshop 2022 - 6.11.2022
Announcement of another Perl Workshop by Max. Please do join the event if you can.
2022.11.16 in #591 Live streaming the release of Perl 5.37.6
By the time the Perl Weekly reaches you this will be over, but I hope it is recorded so you will be able to see the recording.
2022.11.30 in #593 German Perl/Raku Workshop 2023 Call for Papers
2022.11.30 in #593 German Perl/Raku Workshop 2023 Call for Papers
2023.01.13 in #599 Geizhals Preisvergleich sponsors the German Perl/Raku Workshop
The German Perl/Raku Workshop conference will take place 27.2-1.3 2023 in Frankfurt.
2023.01.20 in #600 OTOBO supports the German Perl/Raku-Workshop
Happy to see GPW getting support of OTOBO. You should attend the workshop if you can. It is not just for German speaking audience. I have attended once in the past too.
2023.02.03 in #602 United-domains supports the German Perl/Raku-Workshop
United-domains now sponsor for German Perl/Raku workshop.
2023.02.13 in #604 PayProp supports the German Perl/Raku Workshop 2023
So now we have one more sponsor for Perl/Raku Workshop 2023. Congratulations.
2023.09.01 in #632 Idle Thoughts on Old Perl Versions for New Distributions
2023.10.20 in #639 Recordings of the German Perl Workshop (gpw2023) are online
2023.10.20 in #640 Recordings of the German Perl Workshop (gpw2023) are online
Finally we have videos available public of the recently held GPW 2023. I would highly recommend the recordings.
2023.11.22 in #644 German Perl/Raku Workshop 2024
Official announcement to submit papers for GPRW 2024.
2023.12.22 in #648 Geizhals Preisvergleich unterstützt den Deutschen Perl/Raku-Workshop
We are happy to announce that Geizhals Preisvergleich supports the German Perl Workshop in 2024!
2024.01.06 in #650 Cosmoshop unterstützt den Deutschen Perl/Raku-Workshop
We are happy to announce that CosmoShop supports the German Perl/Raku-Workshop.
2024.01.09 in #651 Live streaming the release of Perl 5.39.7
2024.11.29 in #697 German Perl/Raku Workshop 2025 in Munich
Scheduled for 12.05.2025-14.05.2025
2024.12 in #699 Cosmoshop supports the German Perl/Raku-Workshop
2024.12.08 in #698 Live-streaming Perl 5.41.7 development release
Public announcement of upcoming Perl development release 5.41.7 is shared.
2025.01.24 in #705 OTOBO supports the German Perl Workshop
2025.02.11 in #708 nicsell supports the German Perl Workshop
nicsell is now supporting German Perl Workshop. nicsell is a domain backorder service, also known as a dropcatcher, which allows you to bid on a large number of domains that are currently being deleted.
2025.11.10 in #747 German Perl/Raku Workshop 2026 in Berlin
2026.01 in #757 vitroconnect sponsors the German Perl Workshop
vitroconnect
2026.01.18 in #756 Cosmoshop supports the German Perl Workshop 2026
Max Maischein announces that CosmoShop, one of the world’s largest pure‑Perl shop systems, is once again sponsoring the German Perl Workshop in 2026, strengthening community support for this key Perl/Raku conference. This continued backing highlights the vibrant ecosystem and industry engagement around Perl events.
2026.01.18 in #756 What I released in 2025
In his year‑in‑review post, Corion reflects on a productive 2025 by highlighting several useful Perl modules he published, including Text::HTML::Turndown for converting HTML to Markdown and Date::Find for extracting dates from filenames. He also shares a paranoid Mojo::UserAgent extension and contributions to core modules, giving readers insight into both his releases and ongoing development work.
2026.01.21 in #757 Retrospective on the Perl Development Release 5.43.7
Corion mentions a number of places where things can be improved. I am surprised that the whole process is not fully automated yet. I mean some of the brightest people in the Perl community work on the core of perl.
2026.01.25 in #757 Otobo supports the German Perl Workshop
Otobo is the Open Source Service Management Platform, a 2019 fork of OTRS.

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