Hacker News with Generative AI: Perl

LLMs make Perl great again (hiandrewquinn.github.io)
Perl 5 went through a long nadir of unpopularity due in large part to its deserved “Write Once, Read Never” reputation.
Programming, Perl
10 points by hiAndrewQuinn 34 days ago | 3 comments
Enhancing Your MIDI Devices: Round II (perl.com)
As we discovered previously, your MIDI devices can be enhanced to function in different ways besides just triggering a single note per key (or pad) press.
MIDI Devices, Music Production, Programming, Perl
26 points by oalders 79 days ago | 3 comments
The Perl Toolchain Summit 2025 Needs You (perl.com)
This year in particular, the organizers have had difficulty reaching our fundraising targets for the Perl Toolchain Summit.
Perl, Programming Languages, Conferences, Events
4 points by oalders 84 days ago | 0 comments
Zeroperl: Sandboxing Perl with WebAssembly (andrews.substack.com)
I’m building a new startup and file metadata plays an important role. There are thousands of file formats, each format may have dozens of versions, and each stores metadata differently.
WebAssembly, Perl, Security, Startups, File Formats
68 points by ccakes 136 days ago | 34 comments
Enhancing your MIDI devices with Perl (fuzzix.org)
These days, even modestly priced MIDI hardware comes stuffed with features.
MIDI, Programming, Perl
122 points by oalders 149 days ago | 40 comments
Perl Weekly Issue #704 – Perl Podcast (perlweekly.com)
Do you know of any active Perl Podcast?
Perl, Programming, Podcasts
41 points by todsacerdoti 158 days ago | 10 comments
Great CPAN modules released last week (blogspot.com)
Updates for great CPAN modules released last week. A module is considered great if its favorites count is greater or equal than 12.
Programming, Perl, Software, CPAN
80 points by peateasea 167 days ago | 14 comments
A New Logo for Perl (perladvent.org)
Programming Languages, Perl, Design
65 points by oalders 186 days ago | 66 comments
Half My Life with Perl (perladvent.org)
I had never met Randal Schwartz before, but when I reached out to him about contributing to year 25 of the Perl Advent Calendar, he immediately agreed.
Perl, Programming, Community, Personal Experiences, Interviews
153 points by oalders 191 days ago | 131 comments
London Perl Workshop (youtube.com)
Programming, Events, Perl
3 points by creer 205 days ago | 0 comments
The Hijacking of Perl.com (perl.com)
For a week we lost control of the Perl.com domain. Now that the incident has died down, we can explain some of what happened and how we handled it. This incident only affected the domain ownership of Perl.com and there was no other compromise of community resources. This website was still there, but DNS was handing out different IP numbers.
Cybersecurity, Domain Names, Perl
16 points by fanf2 273 days ago | 0 comments
Larry Wall's Very Own Home Page (wall.org)
Larry Wall, Programming, Perl
92 points by thunderbong 322 days ago | 58 comments
What Happened to Perl 7? (2022) (perl.org)
Perl, Programming Languages, History
121 points by edward 361 days ago | 157 comments
Perl v5.40.0 is now available (perl.org)
New Releases, Programming Languages, Perl
65 points by bw86 383 days ago | 16 comments
The Perl and Raku Conference 2024 is looking for sponsors (perl.com)
Perl, Raku, Conferences, Sponsorship
28 points by oalders 407 days ago | 13 comments
93% of paint splatters are valid Perl programs (2019) (mcmillen.dev)
Programming, Perl, Humor, Statistics
515 points by ellieh 425 days ago | 124 comments