Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics UPDATE: Aldo Cortesi contacted me privately via email with a response to this post. With his permission I’ve updated this post with the substance of his response and my own rebuttal. The updated sections are marked with UPDATE/END blocks. END So after chromatic linked to Aldo Cortesi’s post The impact of langu... Read more 15 Dec 2009 - 11 minute read
Jerrad Pierce wrote a Perl Advent Calendar entry that has sparked some discussion in the Moose community. He has revised it two or three times, and the final version is disappointing but not blatantly wrong. As a Moose contributor who has deployed Mouse into production I wanted to give some perspective on the issues that came up. Jerrad suggest... Read more 02 Dec 2009 - 3 minute read
miyagawa, the esteemed ring-leader behind the PSGI/Plack tonight in response to an idle comment about wanting to move Blawd’s simple server command over to the PSGI standard supplied me with a quick patch to do just that. So as of the most recent commit blawd server --repo myblog.git should “just work” with any environment that speaks PSGI. The ... Read more 02 Dec 2009 - less than 1 minute read
Software Delivery! I was just reading Matt Asay’s piece about Domino’s using open source to build out their multi-million dollar order fulfillment system. His take away quote got me thinking. There will still be a need for companies like SAP, of course, as there are broad industry needs that a company or open-source foundation can satisfy. ... Read more 27 Nov 2009 - 5 minute read
November 25th is the last day for the Perl Oasis special Group Rate. The rate is $75 USD / night for what according to other sources is a $135-$150 / night hotel room. Perl Oasis is a one day workshop in Orlando Florida focusing on Modern Enlightened Perl. This year we have speakers from three continents, and the entire Perl spectrum speaking. ... Read more 24 Nov 2009 - less than 1 minute read