Most intros to Docker only show overly simplified Dockerfiles. In this talk I show various ways you can improve Dockerfiles to generate better (smaller) containers. I use Net::Matrix::Webhook as an example, showing some ways bring container size down to 25% of what a “default” Dockerfile would produce. Slides: English slides for Frankfurt.pm ...
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As you probably all know, the Perl and Raku Conference in Amsterdam has been canceled. As has been the Perl Conference in Houston. On the upside, Todd Rinaldo et.al. have already started a Conference in the Cloud. One idea was to run this "Conference in the Cloud" as a global event, hopefully spanning all time zones. If you want to help ...
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"A long time ago, in a venue far, far away"0 we met for the German Perl Workshop 2020 in Erlangen. Besides the usual benefits of meeting old and new friends (face to face!) and talking about Perl, computers and lots of other stuff, the workshop also features a lot of interesting talks and very professional video recording setup. So if you're ...
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If we want to attract new people to Perl conferences (and thus Perl), we must make conferences more beginner-friendly. Update: Please check out this github repo: https://github.com/Perl-Intro-Talks/Perl-Intro-Talks I've been thinking about this topic for quite some time yet, as proven by this quote from a post I published after the Perl ...
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In this talk I show some strategies we developed while working on a white-label / multitenancy app. It features some Postgres, vue.js and Template::Toolkit, and a lot of PSGI Middleware. Slides: English slides for German Perl Workshop 2020; ...
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