Prevent harmful Linux updates with versionlock

Mar 21, 2016 by David Farrell

linux

fedora

yum

dnf

linux

versionlock

ubuntu

debian

How to avoid breaking software updates

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What is the Perl Core?

Mar 9, 2016 by David Farrell

managing-perl

perl

core

standard_library

module

cpan

perldoc

osx

ubuntu

fedora

Unfortunately there’s more than one way to package it

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Controlling insanity by parsing IR codes with Linux::IRPulses

Mar 8, 2016 by Timm Murray

hardware

perl

ir

linux_irpulses

lirc

remote

raspberry_pi

Parsing IR remote codes

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What's new on CPAN - February 2016

Mar 4, 2016 by David Farrell

cpan

walmart

wordpress

huffman

ticketmaster

git

scientist

catalyst

A curated look at February’s new CPAN uploads

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Netanel Rubin's Perl Jam circus

Mar 1, 2016 by David Farrell

security

chaos_communication_congress

ccc

black_hat

netanel_rubin

infosec

Responding to a misguided attack on Perl

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An introduction to Tmux

Feb 24, 2016 by David Farrell

tooling

command-line

multiplexer

screen

sysadmin

terminal

terminator

tmux

How to get started with the open source terminal multiplexer

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Magical tied scalars

Feb 16, 2016 by brian d foy

development

tie

scalar

callback

cycle

mastering-perl

Subvert and simplify code with tied scalars

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What's new on CPAN - January 2016

Feb 10, 2016 by David Farrell

cpan

github

lua

rpm

sdcard

A curated look at January’s new CPAN uploads

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Get an in-browser remote desktop with Mojolicious and noVNC

Feb 2, 2016 by Joel Berger

web

mojolicious

websockets

novnc

Using Mojolicious as a TCP/WebSocket Bridge

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Twitter as a datastore

Jan 21, 2016 by brian d foy

web

math

social_media

net_twitter

Using social media platforms for computing applications

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What's new on CPAN - December 2015

Jan 13, 2016 by David Farrell

cpan

recaptcha

lets_encrypt

frundis

parsito

dbgp

dna

dijkstra

A curated look at December’s new CPAN uploads

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Save time with compile tests

Jan 5, 2016 by David Farrell

testing

module

require

class_load

Checking everything compiles should be the first test

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How to get Perl 6 now

Dec 31, 2015 by David Farrell

perl-6

linux

windows

rakudo

osx

panda

Installation instructions for Linux, OSX and Windows

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Quick tip: git push origin hamster?

Dec 24, 2015 by David Farrell

apps

git

symbolic

ref

master

branch

Making git do you what mean with symbolic references

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Modern Perl 4th edition, a review

Dec 21, 2015 by David Farrell

community

cpan

chromatic

pragmatic_bookshelf

book-review

It gets better and better

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Kitchen coding nightmares: JavaScript scope

Dec 17, 2015 by David Farrell

development

perl

javascript

js

var

es6

strict

requirejs

jshint

Some JavaScript gotchas and solutions

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Create GitHub files automatically with Dist::Zilla

Dec 9, 2015 by David Farrell

development

cpan

module

config

pause

dzil

Automate the boring stuff, help others

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What's new on CPAN - November 2015

Dec 8, 2015 by David Farrell

cpan

phantomjs

dynamodb

zendesk

lz4

handlebars

consul

tvmaze

A curated look at November’s new CPAN uploads

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Making the Larry Wall shirt

Dec 3, 2015 by David Farrell

community

gimp

inkscape

stencil

How to create your own pop art images

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How to install any* Perl module

Nov 28, 2015 by David Farrell

tooling

cpan

creative_commons

toolchain

4 techniques for fixing failing installations

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