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Tag: perl

  • What Was Matt Thinking?

    Ernie Smith from Tedium wrote about Matt's Script Archive, which back in the 1990s was a big part of how and why I learned to code in Perl. Let's take a trip down memory lane...

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    • posted 23 June, 2026
  • Reply to: Rant about claims that LLMs will make you lose your programming skills


    SΓ©rgio Isidoro said:

    Ok, I'm NOT an immediate fan of "vibe coding" and overusing LLMs in programming. I have a healthy amount of skepticism about the use of these tools, mostly related to the maintainability of the code, security, privacy, and a dozen other more factors.

    But some arguments I've seen from developers …

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    • posted 16 April, 2025
  • Image representing post: On This Day In 2003

    On This Day In 2003

    Dan looks back on the very first time he juggled flaming clubs, and wraps this up in the story of how he learned to juggle in the first place.

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    • posted 9 July, 2011
  • Image representing post: They Say that Programmers Never Die

    They Say that Programmers Never Die

    Dan writes poetry using programming languages, and wonders whether or not any of the code he's written in his life, thus far, will outlive him.

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    • posted 17 January, 2011
  • Well, That Was Quite A Night

    I finally sobered up sometime this afternoon, right in the middle of some Perl programming. I spent some time staring at all of the symbols and regexen in the code. To be honest, I think I preferred it when I was drunk.

    More if and when I can be bothered. For now... back to the pub …

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    • posted 17 April, 2008

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