What a dull title. Anyway. This was intended to just be an account of my experience at TPCiG, but quickly developed into an tl;dr life story. Sorry about that, everyone. Sorry.

I had dreamed of attending YAPC/TPC ever since I discovered what an amazing community surrounded Perl. This year, I realised that dream.

I have been to London Perl Workshop every year since I started writing Perl (2014), and have thoroughly enjoyed it each time. However, zooming from talk to talk, and invariably leaving early to catch my train meant that the social aspect remained largely unexplored. Ev…