Perl Weekly #635 - Is there a Perl developer shortage?
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Published: 2023-09-25 06:52:35

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Originally published at [Perl Weekly 635](https://perlweekly.com/archive/635.html)


Hi there!

I just saw this question posted on DEV: <a href="https://dev.to/devteam/is-there-a-developer-shortage-2l56">Is There a Developer Shortage?</a>. There were a few responses saying that there is an abundance of newbies and not very good engineers and there is a shortage in experienced and qualified engineers. That's the general view. How is it specifically for Perl?

On a related note, I guess we are all wondering what will be the impact of the rise of AI in software development. My guess is that it will further widen the gap between beginners and experienced programmers. It will be even harder to get an entry level job as most of those tasks will be done by the AI powered developers, but the fixing the mess created by AI will require very highly qualified and experienced engineers.

On an unrelated note, I am ambivalent. On one hand as a content creator I'd like to be able to generate income from the articles I write, the videos I record. On the other hand, as a reader, I really don't like Medium where you can read the beginning of an article and then you have to pay for the rest.

Enjoy your week!

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  Your editor: Gabor Szabo.


## Articles

  
### [UTC/Local Date Conversion in Perl With Time::Piece](https://www.kcaran.com/posts/utc-local-date-conversion-in-perl-with-time-piece.html)

I personally use the DateTime module, but it is always nice to see alternatives!

  
### [Single Color Methods of GTC](https://blogs.perl.org/users/lichtkind/2023/09/single-color-methods-of-gtc.html)



  
### [Why I Created Venus](https://dev.to/iamalnewkirk/why-i-created-venus-4049)

Venus is an OO library for Perl

  
### [SQLite import with AutoCommit turned off](https://github.polettix.it/ETOOBUSY/2023/09/20/sqlite-autocommit/)

Importing CSV files into SQLite using perl (or I guess any other programming language) is slow. One can use the native .import command or one can turn of AutoCommit and commit all the inserts only at the end of the run.

  
### [5 years on, we're still benefiting from Perl::Critic — but we've changed approach](https://medium.com/adzuna-engineering/5-years-on-were-still-benefiting-from-perl-critic-but-we-ve-changed-approach-3c0e2f662733)



  

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## Web

  
### [Perl CGI vs. Plack: The Evolution of Web Application Development](https://medium.com/@alexandragrosu03/perl-cgi-vs-plack-the-evolution-of-web-application-development-f6a47ee423f4)

I wonder if this and the following article were written by ChatGTP 

  
### [Perl Web Applications: Catalyst vs. Dancer2 — A Comparative Analysis](https://medium.com/@alexandragrosu03/perl-web-applications-catalyst-vs-dancer2-a-comparative-analysis-2b130022767e)



  

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## Grants

  
### [Maintaining Perl (Tony Cook) August 2023](https://news.perlfoundation.org/post/maintaining_perl_tonyc_august_2023)



  
### [PerlGPT Large Language Model, Phase 1](https://news.perlfoundation.org/post/perlgptphase1)

A new grant application from John Napiorkowski and Robert Grimes.

  

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## Perl

  
### [This week in PSC (116)](https://blogs.perl.org/users/psc/2023/09/this-week-in-psc-116.html)



  
### [This week in PSC (117)](https://blogs.perl.org/users/psc/2023/09/this-week-in-psc-117.html)



  

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## The Weekly Challenge
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### [The Weekly Challenge - 236](https://theweeklychallenge.org/blog/perl-weekly-challenge-236)

Welcome to a new week with a couple of fun tasks "Exact Change" and "Array Loops". 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 - 235](https://theweeklychallenge.org/blog/recap-challenge-235)

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

  
### [TWC235](https://deadmarshal.blogspot.com/2023/09/twc235.html)

A very compact yet elegant solutions. Keep it up great work.

  
### [Splicing and Dicing](https://dev.to/oldtechaa/perl-weekly-challenge-235-splicing-and-dicing-42lj)

Nice use of LABEL in this week solution. Thanks for sharing.

  
### [Steppin' in a Slide Zone](https://dev.to/boblied/pwc-235-steppin-in-a-slide-zone-la6)

Checkout the power of grep and map, you will be surprised.

  
### [Perl Weekly Challenge: Week 235](https://www.braincells.com/perl/2023/09/perl_weekly_challenge_week_235.html)

A thorough detailed solution as always. There is plenty to learn every week.

  
### [Perl Weekly Challenge 235: Remove One](https://blogs.perl.org/users/laurent_r/2023/09/perl-weekly-challenge-235-remove-one.html)

You get the instant comparison between Perl and Raku implementation. Well done.

  
### [Perl Weekly Challenge 235: Duplicate Zeros](https://blogs.perl.org/users/laurent_r/2023/09/perl-weekly-challenge-235-duplicate-zeros.html)

Nice one-liner in Perl to get the job done. Raku is cool too.

  
### [THE WEEKLY CHALLENGE - 235](https://egroup.kolouch.org/nextcloud/sites/lubos/2023-09-18_Weekly_challenge_235)

You will love the srtuctured post with bonus Python solutions alongwith Perl and Raku. Thank you for your contributions.

  
### [integer arrays](https://fluca1978.github.io/2023/09/18/PerlWeeklyChallenge235.html)

Self documented solution for you and plenty of Raku gems too. Well done.

  
### [Perl Weekly Challenge 235](https://wlmb.github.io/2023/09/18/PWC235/)

Master of Perl one-liner is unstoppable. Go have fun.

  
### [Ones Removed and Zeros Duplicated](https://github.com/manwar/perlweeklychallenge-club/tree/master/challenge-235/matthias-muth#readme)

Multiple approach being discussed and clever too. Well done.

  
### [Delete and double](http://ccgi.campbellsmiths.force9.co.uk/challenge/235)

You will love the engaging discussion in the post. Too good to be missed.

  
### [The Weekly Challenge #235](https://hatley-software.blogspot.com/2023/09/robbie-hatleys-solutions-to-weekly_20.html)

Short and simple, to the point discussion, enough to keep you busy.

  
### [One, Zero](https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2023/09/The_Weekly_Challenge_235__One__Zero.html)

Python is choose language for the post this week and you will have plenty to learn. Thanks for sharing.

  
### [Adding and removing integers](https://dev.to/simongreennet/adding-and-removing-integers-3i4g)

Always fun to read about the story behind the final end result. Keep it up great work.

  
### [PWC 235](https://thiujiac.blogspot.com/2023/09/pwc-235.html)

Loved the use of splice in this week solutions. Thanks for sharing the knowledge with us.

  

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## Weekly collections

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

<a href="https://niceperl.blogspot.com/2023/09/cdlxii-12-great-cpan-modules-released.html">Great CPAN modules released last week</a>;<br><a href="https://niceperl.blogspot.com/2023/09/dlxvii-metacpan-weekly-report.html">MetaCPAN weekly report</a>;<br><a href="https://niceperl.blogspot.com/2023/09/dxcv-stackoverflow-perl-report.html">StackOverflow Perl report</a>.

  

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