Perl Weekly #670 - Conference Season ...
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Published: 2024-05-27 05:29:41

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Originally published at [Perl Weekly 670](https://perlweekly.com/archive/670.html)


Hi there,

<strong>Are you regulars to Perl conference?</strong>

If yes then you have two upcoming conferences <a href="https://tprc.us/tprc-2024-las">The Perl and Raku Conference in Las Vegas</a> and <a href="https://act.yapc.eu/lpw2024">London Perl and Raku Conference</a>. Depending on your availability and convenience, I would highly recommend you register your interest to your choice(s) of conference. And if you are attending then do take the plunge give your first talk if you have not done so before. It doesn't have to be long talk, you can try quick 5 minutes lightning talk to begin with.

<strong>How about become a sponsor to the conference?</strong>

Believe it or not, it is vital that we provide financial support in the form of sponsor. So if you know someone who is in a position to support these events then please do share this <a href="https://www.perl.com/article/this-is-your-opportunity-to-sponsor-the-perl-and-raku-conference-2024">TPRC 2024 Sponsors</a> and <a href="https://www.perl.com/article/announcing-the-london-perl-raku-workshop-2024-lpw">LPW 2024 Sponsors</a> with them. It would be a big help to organise such events.

<strong>Keynote speakers for TPRC 2024...</strong>

I came across this <a href="https://ovid.github.io/blog/being-a-keynote-speaker.html">post</a> by <strong>Curtis Poe</strong> where it is announced that <strong>Curtis</strong> is going to be keynote speaker at the event. Well there is a bonus for all attending the event, <strong>Damian Conway</strong> would be giving a keynote remotely. I am sure, it is going to be a memorable moment to celebrate the <strong>25th anniversary</strong>. Similarly, <strong>London Perl Workshop</strong> would be celebrating <strong>20th anniversary</strong> this year. I wanted to attend the TPRC 2024 in Las Vegas but for personal reason I am unable to attend. What a shame but at least I am definitely going to be part of LPW 2024 as it is local to me. No need to book travel ticket or reserve hotel room.

<strong>How many of you know about Pull Request Club?</strong>

The <a href="https://pullrequest.club/hello">Pull Request Club</a> is run by <strong>Kivanc Yazan</strong>. It started in <strong>Jan 2019</strong>. I had the pleasure to be associated with it since the beginning. I never missed the assignment until the last I contributed in <strong>January 2022</strong>. Unfortunately I faced too much distraction and missed the fun ever since. I found this <a href="https://kyzn.org/pull-request-club-2021-2023-report">annual report</a> by the creator himself. If you like contributing to opensource projects then you should join the club and have fun.

For all cricket fans in <strong>India</strong>, did you watch the final of <strong>IPL 2024</strong>? I did and happy to see my favourite team, <strong>Kolkatta Knight Riders</strong> lifting the trophy. Although, <strong>SRH</strong>, the loosing team was my favourite too but it didn't play to their capability. I am now looking forward to the <strong>T20 World Cup</strong> next. How about you?

Today is <strong>Bank Holiday</strong> in England, so relax day for me. Enjoy rest of the newsletter. Last but not least, please do look after yourself and your loved ones.

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  Your editor: Mohammad Sajid Anwar.


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## Announcements

  
### [Being a Keynote Speaker](https://ovid.github.io/blog/being-a-keynote-speaker.html)

TPRC 2024 keynote speaker is announced. I am jealous of those able to attend the event.

  

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## Articles

  
### [Pull Request Club 2021-2023 Report](https://kyzn.org/pull-request-club-2021-2023-report/)

Finally we have the long awaited annual report of Pull Request Club. Happy to see it is growing so fast. Congratulation to all contributors.

  
### [Deploying Dancer Apps](https://www.perl.com/article/deploying-dancer-apps/)

Being a fan of Dancer2 framework, I found this blog post very informative with plenty of handy tricks.

  
### [Perl Toolchain Summit 2024 in Lisbon](https://blogs.perl.org/users/kenichi_ishigaki/2024/05/perl-toolchain-summit-2024-in-lisbon.html)

It is always pleasure to read about the success story of PTS 2024. Here we have another such from <strong>Kenichi</strong>. Thanks for sharing the report with us. It proves a point that Perl is in safe hand.

  

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## The Weekly Challenge
<a href="https://theweeklychallenge.org">The Weekly Challenge</a> by <a href="https://manwar.org">Mohammad Sajid Anwar</a> will help you step out of your comfort-zone. You can even win prize money of $50 by participating in the weekly challenge. We pick one champion at the end of the month from among all of the contributors during the month, thanks to the sponsor Lance Wicks.
  
### [The Weekly Challenge - 271](https://theweeklychallenge.org/blog/perl-weekly-challenge-271)

Welcome to a new week with a couple of fun tasks "Maximum Ones" and "Sort by 1 bits". If you are new to the weekly challenge then why not join us and have fun every week. For more information, please read the <a href="https://theweeklychallenge.org/faq">FAQ</a>.

  
### [RECAP - The Weekly Challenge - 270](https://theweeklychallenge.org/blog/recap-challenge-270)

Enjoy a quick recap of last week's contributions by Team PWC dealing with the "Special Positions" and "Equalize Array" tasks in Perl and Raku. You will find plenty of solutions to keep you busy.

  
### [Distribute Positions](https://raku-musings.com/distribute-positions.html)

Don't you love the pictorial representation of algorithm? It makes it so fun follow through the discussion. Highly recommended.

  
### [When A Decision Must Be Made](https://jacoby-lpwk.onrender.com/2024/05/22/when-a-decision-must-be-made-weekly-challenge-270.html)

Labelled loop is not very popular among Perl fans but in certain situations it can be very handy. Check it out the reason in the post.

  
### [Special Levels](https://github.sommrey.de/the-bears-den/2024/05/24/ch-270.html)

Classic use case of PDL, very impressive. Thanks for sharing the knowledge.

  
### [Perl Weekly Challenge 270: Special Positions](https://blogs.perl.org/users/laurent_r/2024/05/-perl-weekly-challenge-270-special-positions.html)

As always, we get to know any junction of Raku implementation in Perl. This is the beauty of the post every week, you don't want to skip.

  
### [no passion this week!](https://fluca1978.github.io/2024/05/20/PerlWeeklyChallenge270.html)

Compact solutions using the power of Raku is on show. Keep it up great work.

  
### [Perl Weekly Challenge 270](https://wlmb.github.io/2024/05/20/PWC270/)

Not sure, I have seen Luis used PDL before, I may be wrong. For me, it is encouragung to see the wide use of PDL. Keep it up great work.

  
### [Hidden loops. Or no loops at all.](https://github.com/MatthiasMuth/perlweeklychallenge-club/tree/muthm-270/challenge-270/matthias-muth#readme)

This is truly incredible work, no loops at all. I would suggest, you must take a closer look. Thanks for sharing.

  
### [Lonely ones and equalities](http://ccgi.campbellsmiths.force9.co.uk/challenge/270)

Well documented and crafted solutions in Perl and on top you get to play with it. Well done and keep it up great work.

  
### [The Weekly Challenge - 270: Special Positions](https://reiniermaliepaard.nl/perl/pwc/index.php?id=pwc270)

Clever use of CPAN module, Math::Matrix. I always encourage the use of CPAN. Well done.

  
### [The Weekly Challenge - 270: Equalize Array](https://reiniermaliepaard.nl/perl/pwc/index.php?id=pwc270-2)

Interesting tackling of use cases. It is fun getting to the finer details. Thanks for sharing.

  
### [The Weekly Challenge #270](https://hatley-software.blogspot.com/2024/05/robbie-hatleys-solutions-to-weekly_25.html)

Just one solution this week, and typically one line analysis. Keep it up great work.

  
### [Special Distribtions Position the Elements](https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2024/05/The_Weekly_Challenge_270__Special_Distribtions_Position_the_Elements.html)

Discussion of solution in Crystal is the highlight for me. It looks easy and readable even when I know nothing about Crystal language. Highly recommended.

  
### [Equalizing positions](https://dev.to/simongreennet/equalizing-positions-2057)

For Python fans, the post is always dedicated to Python only but we do receive Perl solutions. I really enjoy the compact solution in Python, specially the return list type. I never knew before. Thanks for sharing.

  

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## Rakudo

  
### [2024.21 Curry Primed](https://rakudoweekly.blog/2024/05/20/2024-21-curry-primed/)



  

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## Weekly collections

  
### [NICEPERL's lists](http://niceperl.blogspot.com/)

<a href="https://niceperl.blogspot.com/2024/05/cdxcvii-8-great-cpan-modules-released.html">Great CPAN modules released last week</a>;<br><a href="https://niceperl.blogspot.com/2024/05/dcxi-stackoverflow-perl-report.html">StackOverflow Perl report</a>.

  

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