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Issue #573 - 2022-07-18 - Pocket money or serious support?
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Hi there! Last week Mohammad raised the idea of a GitHub-pages-based central blogging platform for Perl to which Dave Cross added his comment pointing out a misunderstanding. At first I liked the idea of Mohammad as way of making it easier for people who don't know how to setup a blog, but on a second thought. Setting up a site for blogging on GitHub pages is less than 5 minutes. On GitLab and Codeberg it might take a bit more, but still way less than the whole writing part. If you need help ask Flavio, David, Mohammad, or myself. A few years ago the Perl community got really enthusiastic by the idea of supporting each other via one of the monthly-support platforms. The problem, as I understood, was, that most people received only some small pocket money that did not make any real impact. So most people thought: Instead of taking home 20-40 USD a month I will use this money to support others. We ended up with a circular support in which no one received any substantial support. If you go over the amounts the Perl related people receive you'll see that most of them only receive a few 10s of USD. For most people living in the economically advanced world that's just pocket money. Manwar is the person closest to some substantial amount, but he still needs more. This is our challenge now. Can we, as a community, increase his support to reach 500 UK pound? We are already half-way there. If you already support him, please consider increasing the amount so we reach USD 10/supporter! (we are at about USD 5.5). If you are not supporting him yet, do it now: Manwar Enjoy your week Gabor Szabo |
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by Mark Gardner A while ago Twitter created a feature called 'communities' and now Mark Gardner has one for the Perl Community. Not only that, there are already more than 300 members. So if you are a Twitter user, join the community now! | 
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by Flavio Poletti (POLETTIX) You know, you can create a static blog on GitHub pages or Codeberg and you hardly need to do anything. And it is fun. | 
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by Flavio Poletti (POLETTIX) Why did I think that this is about Easter? Anyway, Falvio thought that he could get away with sloppyness, but could not. You see that's the problem with open source :-) |
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by Andrew Solomon (ILLY) This new case study will be helpful for any company looking to expand their Perl team - it's clear about what the challenges are! | 
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by Mohammad Sajid Anwar (MANWAR) Welcome to a new week with a couple of fun tasks "Disarium Numbers" and "Permutation Ranking". If you are new to the weekly challenge then why not join us and have fun every week. For more information, please read the FAQ. | 
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by Mohammad Sajid Anwar (MANWAR) Enjoy a quick recap of last week's contributions by Team PWC dealing with the "Esthetic Number" and "Sylventer's Sequence" tasks in Perl and Raku. You will find plenty of solutions to keep you busy. |
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by Arne Sommer The variation of so many different ways to solve a task is the highlight for me. Keep it up great work. |
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by Jaldhar H. Vyas A very well structured post showing the power of Perl and Raku. Thanks for sharing the knowledge with us. |
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by James Smith James solution always surprised me, you don't want to miss it. Highly recommended. |
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by Flavio Poletti (POLETTIX) Elegant mix of Perl and Raku like always, you don't want to skip it. Highly recommended. |
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by Flavio Poletti (POLETTIX) Interesting use of Raku class. Always fun reading the blog. Keep it up great work. |
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by Laurent Rosenfeld A cool collection of guest languages along with Perl and Raku. Keep it up great work. |
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by Laurent Rosenfeld Introducing a new guest language, Dc. Get a gentle dose of Dc. Thanks for sharing. |
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by W Luis Mochan Luis, being fan of one-liner, this week presented him ideal task. Thanks for sharing. |
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by Peter Campbell Smith I really enjoy the mention of eponymous cat. I am sure you will find it interesting too. |
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by Roger Bell West (FIREDRAKE) I loved how the solution is made to respect the number base. Intelligent work, keep it up. |
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by Simon Green Simon loves Python as well as Perl. So there you get the best of both world. Thanks for sharing the knowledge. |
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by Stephen G Lynn Stephen throwing in Julia together with Perl and Raku. It is always nice to see the different ways to solve a task. Keep it up great work. |
Weekly collections
The corner of Gabor
A couple of entries sneaked in by Gabor.
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I recently watched this series of YouTube videos. It made me think about a lot of unrelated things that's going on in the world today. |
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Our client has developed an online system that tracks, monitors, and manages a whole host of safety issues, including team member competency, asset management, and compliance checks. They’re keeping their clients safe one click at a time, and they want to add a Senior Fullstack Perl Developer to their team to help them do it. |
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The best senior developers know that variety is the spice of life. Sure, you’ve got Perl chops for days, but that’s not all you can do — and that’s why our client wants to meet you. They’re looking for senior Perl developers, Node engineers, and those with mighty Python and SQL skills to lead their team. |
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Our client connects people in the UK and US seeking flatmates or homes to share. These flatmate matchmakers need a Software Developer (Backend) to increase the delivery capacity of their core team. Their core platform is mostly written in Perl, so Perl folks, this one’s for you. |
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You may be the Chief Software Architect we’re looking for. deally, you are located in Malaysia. With offices in Malta or Dubai, these countries are also options. Not located in one of these three spots? We still want to hear from you, and so does our client. Strong leaders aren’t tied to a geographic location. |
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This company is a global leader in machine intelligence, and they’re looking for a Natural Language Processing (NLP) whiz who has experience maintaining and improving large Perl applications and tooling ecosystems. From Finland to the Faroe Islands, this remote role is open to senior Perl developers who are within two hours of Amsterdam’s time zone. |
