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Section · Now

Now — Perl as it is used in 2026

Releases, core modules, tooling and working code, plus the editorial backlog with its real status.

/now/

Guide · Now

Making HTTP requests in Perl in 2026

HTTP::Tiny is in core and does more than people expect. Mojo::UserAgent earns its dependency when you need concurrency or a DOM.

/now/modern-perl-http-client/

Guide · Now

Cron jobs that survive production

Recurring jobs designed around idempotency, overlap, timezones, logs and missing-run alerts — before the scheduler is chosen.

/now/cron-jobs/

Script Rescue

Script Rescue: a 1998 CGI guestbook, read line by line

Four vulnerability classes in ninety lines — command injection, stored XSS, delimiter injection, unlocked append — then a rewrite.

/rescue/cgi-guestbook/

Section · Compare

Compare — honest, task-scoped language comparisons

One task, explainable dimensions, stated confidence, published methodology and named limitations. No star ratings.

/compare/

Comparison

Perl or Python for a log-shaping pipeline?

One task, two implementations, five dimensions, three limitations. No benchmark was run and the page says so.

/compare/perl-vs-python-text-pipelines/

Section · Timeline

Timeline — the programmable web, annotated and sourced

Seventeen events across five tracks, from Perl 1.0 in 1987 to an open node marked Now. Filter by track and decade.

/timeline/

Timeline event

The year CGI.pm left core

Perl 5.22 removed CGI.pm from the standard distribution in 2015. Removed from core does not mean removed.

/timeline/cgi-pm-removed/

Section · Labs

Labs — local-first tools and the reports that explain them

Six commitments checked before a tool ships: data residency, sample input, published limits, exportable output, visible errors, no theatre.

/labs/

Lab tool

Legacy URL Mapper

Normalise legacy URLs, group query-string patterns, flag duplicates and many-to-one collapses, export an auditable CSV. Runs entirely in your browser.

/labs/legacy-url-mapper/

Method · Labs

URL normalisation rules

The exact conservative rules behind the Legacy URL Mapper, with tested examples and explicit non-goals.

/labs/url-normalisation-rules/

Lab report

What a legacy query-string catalogue costs you in crawl budget

A pre-registered method and sample design. No crawl was executed, so there are no figures — deliberately.

/labs/reports/crawl-budget/

Section · Archive

Archive — historical software references

Discontinued software formerly distributed by the original PerlCoders company. Nothing is available, supported or recommended.

/archive/

Method · Archive

How PerlCoders decides legacy URL actions

The evidence and rights method for restore, redirect, 404, 410 and hold decisions.

/archive/methodology/

Archive entry

SimpleRing

Historical software reference, discontinued. Webring script; purpose reconstructed from the name and legacy URL pattern only.

/archive/simplering/

Archive entry

EasyResponder

Historical software reference, discontinued. Former purpose is unverified; the product name is retained without a product-specific security claim.

/archive/easyresponder/

Archive entry

AutoPic

Historical software reference, discontinued. Former purpose is unverified; no implementation details are inferred from the product name.

/archive/autopic/

Archive entry

BannerFarm

Historical software reference, discontinued. Former purpose and implementation remain unverified.

/archive/bannerfarm/

Archive entry

TotalAVS Pro

Historical software reference, discontinued. Purpose not established — a name and one legacy URL with an encoded space.

/archive/totalavs-pro/

Archive entry · documented

TotalNews

Historical newsletter manager for HTML and plain text, with multiple subscription categories.

/archive/totalnews/

Archive entry · documented

SimleGallery

Scheduled gallery rotation and thumbnail generation. Historical misspelling preserved.

/archive/simlegallery/

Archive entry · documented

WeddingRegistry

Historical MySQL-backed gift registry; no account, store or personal-data surface restored.

/archive/wedding-registry/

Archive entry · documented

URLSpider

Historical recursive URL crawler operated from a shell session.

/archive/urlspider/

Archive entry · documented

LinkChecker

Historical resumable link-status checker for redirects, successes, forbidden responses and missing pages.

/archive/linkchecker/

Section · Script Rescue

Script Rescue — maintaining CGI-era Perl systems

Preserve behaviour, expose risk and migrate one boundary at a time.

/rescue/

Migration guide

From CGI to PSGI without changing behaviour

Capture the HTTP contract, audit persistent-process state and cut over with rollback.

/rescue/cgi-to-psgi/

Section · Pulse

Pulse — an edited periodical, not an activity feed

No member count, no reaction count, no leaderboard. What actually helps right now.

/pulse/

Pulse issue

Pulse 01 — Relaunch

What this publication is, what it will not do, and the three things we most need help with.

/pulse/2026-08/

Publication

About, history and disclosure

Five things this publication is not, how verification works, and the mission of the independent publication.

/about/

Publication

Editorial policy

Sourcing, verification, corrections, comparisons, code examples, the archive, artifacts, submissions and disclosure.

/editorial-policy/

Publication

Code of conduct

What is expected, what is not tolerated, how to report a problem and what happens next.

/code-of-conduct/

Take part

Ask, correct, contribute

Three forms: ask a question, submit a correction, submit a historical artifact with rights information.

/contribute/