I released version 1.16.1 of Rex, the friendly automation framework on #CPAN.

This patch release delivers bug fixes for hostgroup membership lists, executable discovery without `which`, and many others on BSDs and Solaris, including discovering memory usage details.

Special thanks to Ctrl O Ltd for sponsoring Rex maintenance!

Changes: https://metacpan.org/release/FERKI/Rex-1.16.1

Release notes: https://www.rexify.org/docs/release_notes/1.16.1.html

Happy hacking!

Programmiersprache Perl 5.42 führt neue Listenoperatoren ein

Perl 5.42 liefert ergänzende Funktionalität für mehr moderne Objektorientierung und die zwei neuen Listenoperatoren any und all.

https://www.heise.de/news/Programmiersprache-Perl-5-42-fuehrt-neue-Listenoperatoren-ein-10477024.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

https://blog.gslin.org/archives/2025/07/08/12502/%e5%82%b3%e7%b5%b1%e7%9a%84-cgi-bin-%e9%81%87%e5%88%b0%e7%8f%be%e4%bb%a3%e7%9a%84%e7%a1%ac%e9%ab%94/

傳統的 cgi-bin 遇到現代的硬體

@mjg @coocook @metacpan @demiguise #Perl 5.42 is now available on Docker Hub!

https://hub.docker.com/_/perl

Merged 42 minutes ago as I write this

Here’s another information-packed #Perl weekly newsletter, enjoy!
https://perlweekly.com/archive/728.html

The Weekly Challenge - 329 #Perl #RakuLang
Task 1: Counter Integers
Task 2: Nice String
https://theweeklychallenge.org/blog/perl-weekly-challenge-329

Vibe coding a #Perl interface to a #C library - Part 2
https://chrisarg.github.io/Killing-It-with-PERL/2025/07/04/Vibe-coding-a-Perl-interface-to-a-foreign-library-Part-2.html
Conclusions:
> The AI tools require substantial subject matter (and guidance) to deliver a good result
> The widespread assumption that a non technically experienced end user can achieve God status with these tools is unfounded
> Constant vigilance for hallucinations, omissions and biases is required!

I've uploaded a new #Perl utility to #CPAN for writing author tests. It gathers a list of files in a distribution.

https://metacpan.org/dist/Test2-Util-DistFiles

The motivation is to avoid repeating the code in author and release testing modules all do.

Why do I keep making subtle mistakes on uploading CPAN modules!

What are your tips on creating a FOSS release without unwanted/wrong information?

I just uploaded Math-Permutation-0.0211, this is the third release I made within two days. Then I found the licensing info on README text file is incorrect. The mistake was made because I recreated the folder structure by Module-Starter, because I kept getting MYMETA.yml and MYMETA.json after "perl Makefile.PL; make". On Math-Permutation-0.0210, I found the MANIFEST text file has an unwanted listing "Math-Permutation-0.0201.tar.gz" .

#perl

https://metacpan.org/pod/Math::Permutation

I was slightly too young in my career to really get to use #perl professionally. I know more ruby than I do perl. I really have always secretly wanted to learn it but I can never come up with a problem to solve with it

#Vibecoding a #Perl interface to a #C library - Part 2
https://chrisarg.github.io/Killing-It-with-PERL/2025/07/04/Vibe-coding-a-Perl-interface-to-a-foreign-library-Part-2.html
Conclusions:
> #AI requires substantial subject matter expertise to deliver
> Constant vigilance for hallucinations, omissions and biases is required!
> They will not make a God out of a novice

#Vibecoding a #Perl interface to a #C library - Part 2 chrisarg.github.io/Killing-It-w... Conclusions: > #AI requires substantial subject matter expertise to deliver > Constant vigilance for hallucinations, omissions and biases is required! > They will not make a God out of a novice

Vibe coding a Perl interface t...

I wrote a little tool to show what "board.*" defines for a #CircuitPython build. I got tired for always trawling through ports/*/boards for it. It's called "cirpy-showpins" and its output looks like the below. I used #Perl originally but here's it in Python: https://gist.github.com/todbot/e91853b9d5e021405bb9a85081a39163