evilchili, to Canada
@evilchili@linernotes.club avatar

Hey Canadian nerds! I have held the domain registration for regex.ca for a very long time. When I lived in Canada it was my primary domain, but I haven't used it for years. Does anyone on the fediverse have a good use for it?

I'm going to release it but if you've got a good pitch I'll pay for a 1 year renewal and then transfer it to your ownership.

Please boost for visibility kthx!

zrail, to python
@zrail@hachyderm.io avatar

Hello! I'm a senior software developer looking for a role where I can help users succeed. I have 17 years of experience running the gamut from to to to . I love to make relational databases sit up and dance. I've been in the financial and fintech space recently, as well as devprod/infra.

I'm open to full time W-2 or short term consulting.

Email me: pete@petekeen.net or DM me here if you'd to chat about how I can help.

https://pkn.me/resume

sushee, to rust
@sushee@fosstodon.org avatar

it is perfectly possible to write absolute shit code in or and it is perfectly possible to write excellent code in or and shellscripts can be super awesome and lisp doesn't make you a better man and millions of businesses live just fine on mysql and php.

ovid, to python
@ovid@fosstodon.org avatar

#Python : Batteries included

#Perl : Flint and tinder included

#Java : PHB included

#PHP : Notepad included

#C : Screw you

#Rust : Arcane eldritch data guardian forbidding memory blasphemy included.

mjgardner, to programming
@mjgardner@social.sdf.org avatar

Early luminary and author ( camel and llama books, many magazine articles, etc.) Randal Schwartz, a/k/a merlyn, is in dire financial straits.

He needs gainful NOW of any kind, and although his language of choice now is and the framework, he’s willing to fall back on his @Perl chops.

Refer or reach him at https://linkedin.com/in/randalschwartz

Or do what I’m doing and sign up for his at https://www.patreon.com/randalschwartz

notptr, to Lisp
@notptr@mastodon.sdf.org avatar

Hello there, I was recently laid off from my 10-year job as a Software Engineer. I'm looking for another Software Engineer position.

At my former position, I worked as a backend developer who managed data and made reports using Perl. I am also familiar with Lisp because I used it as a web scraper turned Perl script. I also familiar with Java since I'm the owner of @morobot
I'm familiar with Python since my blog uses it.

#getfedihired #lisp #perl #java #pyton

philsplace, to random
@philsplace@mastodon.sdf.org avatar

As a #Perl programmer I find it interesting when people say they hate the sigils in the language… then use phrases like ‘$work’ or ‘$dayjob’ in a social media post concisely showing the value of a sigil.

timbray, (edited ) to random
@timbray@cosocial.ca avatar

Dear world, I need to hire someone expert in installing & configuring some open-source software on MacOS. Currently my blogging system breaks every time I type "brew upgrade" and I am out of patience. [EDIT: Problem solved.]

Tl;dr: I need to arrange that this 2-line Perl program works and survives updates:

use DBI;
use DBD::mysql;

Will pay an appropriate hourly rate. Private-message or email me.

#perl

JonTheNiceGuy, to random
@JonTheNiceGuy@toot.io avatar

Randall Schwartz, author of The #Perl Book, host of #FLOSS weekly for many years has posted on linked in that he's out of work, 6 months behind on his rent and had to borrow money to eat yesterday. 😔 https://www.linkedin.com/posts/randalschwartz_randal-schwartz-general-manager-stonehenge-activity-7072690284131741696-aUzT

scimon, to random
@scimon@glasgow.social avatar

I mentioned the other day about finding #Perl developers. We're still looking. If you fancy working for one of the oldest Tech news sites in the world why not take a look?

(Maybe if we get enough people we might get some kind of ActivityPub integration in place. It's not high on the ToDo list just yet).

https://www.theregister.com/Design/page/perldev.html

gbxyz, to webdev
@gbxyz@noc.social avatar

I made something quite cool (IMHO) over the weekend: a 100% client-side search engine for static websites:

https://github.com/gbxyz/webidx

You run a script to generate an database with an index of all the files, publish it, and then embed some which uses sql.js to query the contents of the database and display search results.

Perfect if you use , , etc

ovid, (edited ) to random
@ovid@fosstodon.org avatar

If you've a background in #C and #Perl and have thought about contributing to the Perl core, you know it's daunting hacking on the core of a language.

@leonerd is offering to help you learn.

https://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2023/09/msg267112.html

Also, he's written a tutorial on how to contribute a core feature: https://leonerds-code.blogspot.com/2021/02/writing-perl-core-feature.html

mjgardner, to programming
@mjgardner@social.sdf.org avatar

@Perl Happy 36th #birthday to the #Perl #programming language!

v1.0 then:
“Perl is kind of designed to make #awk and #sed semi-obsolete […] The language is intended to be practical (easy to use, efficient, complete) rather than beautiful (tiny, elegant, minimal).” https://github.com/Perl/perl5/releases/tag/perl-1.0

v5.38.2 now:
“Perl is […] now used for a wide range of tasks including #SysAdmin, #WebDev, network programming, #GUI development, and more.” https://perldoc.perl.org/perlintro#What-is-Perl%3F

hyde, to rust
@hyde@lazybear.social avatar

It's late, but we still have some time for a #followfriday

#Rust
@jamuraa
@mgeisler
@mattjbones

#PKM
@zef
@benhamilton
@ellane
@tithonium

#Perl
@semifor

#writer
@craiggrannell

#privacy
@marianods

#hacking
@GirlsWhoHack

Boosts are always appreciated 😉 🙏

bane, to infosec
@bane@exploit.social avatar

Still looking for work, if anyone is interested in getting to know me. Hit me up! Always willing to chat and nerd out about stuff.

jochie, to til
@jochie@strangeweb.page avatar

How... had I never realized that "perldoc -f <builtin-function>” is a thing? Game changer!

I realized this as I'm poking around to find out if there is /any/ way (documented or not) to substitute the current program/topic in the =pod section, so I can copy a script template around and require fewer changes to get up and running.

If anyone has an answer to that (which may be of the form "Nope, no dice”), I would appreciate it.

:perl_camel: #perl #perldoc #pod #TIL

leonerd, to random
@leonerd@fosstodon.org avatar

In a +1 score to 's great back-compatibility, I've had a script called from procmail that's been 100% reliable for the past 15 years maintaining my email, over many years of regular Perl updates.

A month ago it broke - because procmail. https://github.com/BuGlessRB/procmail/issues/5

But the perl itself still runs absolutely fine.

nichtich, to python
@nichtich@openbiblio.social avatar

Why does code from a few weeks ago throw an exception when run with a new version of the language, but code found in excavations of ancient Roman monuments still runs in newest ?

leonerd, to random
@leonerd@fosstodon.org avatar

The most base-level thing that #Perl does is that Perl ensures "you can always update to a later perl"

So if there's newer features in newer perls that you want to use, you should always be able to update to it, and not really break anything because of the high level of attention that we give to backwards compatibility.

I don't think we, as the Perl development core, shout about that anywhere near enough to really drum it in to people's heads.

DNAdataPhile, to linux

Looking for a new remote-work opportunity, please forward if you know anyone who may be hiring someone with my skillset. TIA!

Molecular ecologist. Full cycle experience: field, lab, analysis, publication. Complex multi-trophic community analyses from bulk soil, water, mixed macroinverts. Freshwater ecology. Mycology.

Bioinformatician. Strong data analysis skills. #R

timlegge, to Perl

@Perl, Published a timeline and write up of the recent #perl module vulnerabilities in parsing spreadsheets.

https://blogs.perl.org/users/timothy_legge/2024/02/vulnerable-perl-spreadsheet-parsing-modules.html

oalders, to security
@oalders@fosstodon.org avatar

Today I attended the second meeting of the CPAN Security Group. Lots of interesting discussion. People are thinking deep thoughts about supply chain security and keeping your systems safe. We are always happy to get more interested people involved.

https://security.metacpan.org/

ology, to random
@ology@fosstodon.org avatar

So I went to add US holidays to the "private community site" app I'm finishing up. But found that there is no such (working) #perl module! Wow. So I made one (well two actually): https://metacpan.org/pod/Date::Holidays::USA (and https://metacpan.org/pod/Date::Holidays::Adapter::USA to go along with it). 😅

peateasea, to random
@peateasea@mastodon.social avatar

Ever been staying at a hotel and gotten annoyed that you always have to open a browser to log in for wireless access? Yup, me too. A recent instance was particularly frustrating and I had to pull out my favourite Swiss Army chainsaw in order to make my life a bit easier.

https://peateasea.de/hotel-hotspot-hijinks/

#perl

jmac, to random
@jmac@masto.nyc avatar

Writing some for the first time in years.

This is where I am:

• Mojolicious, subroutine signatures, and “->@*" deferencing syntax: ✅

• Honey, no, it's “\n”, not “/n”: ❌

jmac,
@jmac@masto.nyc avatar

The best three things I've learned from #Perl and Perl culture, over the decades:

• A technology is only as usable as its documentation.

• A technology is only as trustworthy as its test suite.

• Regular expressions are good, actually.

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