Monday, 4 May 2015

How to install different versions of Perl


Taking control with Perlbrew on Ubuntu

Perlbrew is the quick and easy way to get multiple isolated installations of Perl onto a single host. I'll walk through how this is done on a box with Ubuntu installed.

Sunday, 1 February 2015

How to check boolean equality in Perl




Boolean equality can be checked in Perl with


!($x xor $y)


or with



!$x == !$y






And the winner is...


Tuesday, 18 November 2014

How to launch a virtual desktop on AWS


Did you ever get a GUI bug report which you couldn't replicate on any desktop at your disposal?

Last night was the first time for me, and here's my solution...




Source: Flickr, Image by Krystian "Krane" Schneidewind





Sunday, 13 July 2014

Interview: Emma Howson - Graduate Perl developer

For the last six months Geekuni has been in the Beta phase. Several dozen people have taken my Perl Essentials and Web Development courses, giving me helpful feedback on the course content and technology. As market research I've interviewed a few of my graduates to understand what motivates people to learn Perl. I'm sharing these interviews to provide a glimpse of the future Perl community.


Wednesday, 2 July 2014

A Perl professional learning Dancer

For the last six months Geekuni has been in the Beta phase. Several dozen people have taken my Perl Essentials and Web Development courses, giving me helpful feedback on the course content and technology. As market research I've interviewed a few of my graduates to understand what motivates people to learn Perl. I'm sharing these interviews to provide a glimpse of the future Perl community.

Wednesday, 25 June 2014

Serial entrepreneur learning Perl Dancer

For the last six months Geekuni has been in the Beta phase. Several dozen people have taken my Perl Essentials and Web Development courses, giving me helpful feedback on the course content and technology. As market research I've interviewed a few of my graduates to understand what motivates people to learn Perl. I'm sharing these interviews to provide a glimpse of the future Perl community.

Tuesday, 17 June 2014

Interview: Michael Rupp - Adding Perl to the toolbox

For the last six months Geekuni has been in the Beta phase. Several dozen people have taken my Perl Essentials and Web Development courses, giving me helpful feedback on the course content and technology. As market research I've interviewed a few of my graduates to understand what motivates people to learn Perl. I'm sharing these interviews to provide a glimpse of the future Perl community.