Matt started young. Only a few years before I started in earnest. We were all kids in our 20s when I got to know Matt. I think everyone I knew back in the day must be at least 40 at this point. Before the community evaporated and the world moved on, a lot of cool shit was built in Perl and our community was pretty welcoming. Even to 18-25-somethings with more technical skill than sense. Such a wild time to look back on. So now you can say “how can there be at least two JAPHs younger than me” 😉
how the hell did a Perl guru younger than me come to exist? I’d have figured they’re all 50+ bare minimum.
Matt started young. Only a few years before I started in earnest. We were all kids in our 20s when I got to know Matt. I think everyone I knew back in the day must be at least 40 at this point. Before the community evaporated and the world moved on, a lot of cool shit was built in Perl and our community was pretty welcoming. Even to 18-25-somethings with more technical skill than sense. Such a wild time to look back on. So now you can say “how can there be at least two JAPHs younger than me” 😉
That’s cool to hear :)
I think the last big Perl app which I regularly dealt with (and was aware of it as such) was the supporting software for the Squeezebox music players.