Makoto Nozaki

• About: Secretary, The Perl Foundation. makoto@perlfoundation.org | https://x.com/heismakoto

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• Commented on Understanding the Financials of The Perl and Raku Foundation (TPRF)
  I asked around and confirmed that 2019 was the last year when the TPRF budget existed before 2024. I believe we are on the same page. In my opinion, it was ok that TPRF created many work threads in the...
• Commented on Board Reflections: Continued Experiences with The Perl Foundation
  Somewhat an important factor―I was unable to attend the 2024 conference and couldn't contribute much. A better question is: what is the ideal format for celebrating the winners each year? In 2022, my first year, the schedule was irregular; we...
• Posted Understanding the Financials of The Perl and Raku Foundation (TPRF) to Makoto Nozaki

  In my previous articles (#1 and

• Commented on Board Reflections: Continued Experiences with The Perl Foundation
  That's VERY unfortunate, Randal. If you can come to TPRC in Greenville, SC next year, I'll arrange the 2006 award ceremony :)...
• Commented on Board Reflections: Continued Experiences with The Perl Foundation
  I didn't know about that - many thanks, Dave!...
• Commented on Things I've Learned Serving on the Board of The Perl Foundation
  A number of us stayed with Perl while adopting other languages in parallel. We won't have the end game anytime soon. Perl's 40th anniversary is around the corner!...
• Posted Board Reflections: Continued Experiences with The Perl Foundation to Makoto Nozaki

  Read volume 1 here.

  In my last post, I talked about some of the big things TPF (The Perl Foundation) does. This time, I'll discuss some of the smaller stuff…

• Posted Things I've Learned Serving on the Board of The Perl Foundation to Makoto Nozaki

  This article on the Python Software Foundation inspired me to write this. Serving on the board of a foundation isn't all about glamorous meetings and fancy titles. Still, I'd like to share how I ended up…

• Posted What makes YAPC::Japan unique to Makoto Nozaki

  I attended YAPC::Hiroshima 2024 in Japan.

  A few people asked me about the distinctions between YAPC::Japan and other Perl events worldwide, prompting me to write below. Before delving into the specifics, I must preface that my experience i…

• Posted YAPC::Hiroshimaの参加記録 | I attended YAPC::Hiroshima in Japan to Makoto Nozaki

  日本のYAPCに参加したのは18年ぶり2度目。

  イベント参加者として

  • 世界一成功しているYAPCであるYAPC::Japanの運営を見習うためにボランティアで参加させてもらった。一般参加者の切符を買います�…
• Posted At Perl Station to Makoto Nozaki

  So I visited Perl. More pictures to follow.

  Perl train station at night

  

  Perl train station during daytime

  …

• Posted German Perl Workshop to Makoto Nozaki

  I am just back from German Perl Workshop. The workshop is held every year and I finally had a chance to visit it!

  I had these reasons to go:
  

  • Meet Perl hackers and community members who I have known online for years
  • Talk about TPF
  • Visit Perl, a small town in G…

• Posted Barcelona Perl Mongers Meetup! to Makoto Nozaki

  I had the honor to give a talk at Barcelona.pm Meetup. Perl community rocks as everybody knows; my new friends welcomed me and my family. We felt home, learned new things, enjoyed the nice dinner and it became the most memorable…

• Posted See you at Barcelona.pm! to Makoto Nozaki

  I got a fantastic opportunity to give a talk at Barcelona.pm meetup in August. I'll speak about The Perl Foundation, focusing on grants and donations. For those who love technical talks as much as I do, there will be three more…

• Posted September grant round started to Makoto Nozaki

  We have five proposals to review, including the one from July.

  http://news.perlfoundation.org/2015/09/september-2015-grant-proposals-1.html

• Commented on RFC: Perl software of the year award
  Thanks all for the feedback. I have opened the discussion with the TPF steering committee and TPF President separately....
• Posted Perl開発の助成金プログラムについて to Makoto Nozaki

  This is a Japanese summary of Grants Committee Charter, How to write a proposal and Grant Benefits.…

• Commented on RFC: Perl software of the year award
  I got this comment by email from Joel Roth. Some forum to showcase interesting perl apps seems like a great idea. I'm aware that most distributions through CPAN are libraries rather than apps. Perl apps don't get much exposure compared...
• Commented on RFC: Perl software of the year award
  I got this comment by email from David Farrell, the Editor of PerlTricks.com. I really like the idea you proposed in your blog post "RFC: Perl software of the year" I like the way it provides a new way to...
• Posted RFC: Perl software of the year award to Makoto Nozaki

  Earlier I wrote this blog post, which in summary says value of a Perl software project, as opposed to a Perl infrastructure project, is difficult to quantify until the software is…

• Posted Grant idea - DBIx::Class re-documentation to Makoto Nozaki

  Peter Rabbitson sent me this idea:

  I can not think of anything qualifying as doesn't have to be a huge Perl project* However, I have an idea which unquestionably will benefit the Perl community immensely, yet has a remarkably low barrier to entry (mainly one thing - patience). I p…

• Posted Grant idea - OData to Makoto Nozaki

  Alex aka ASB gave me this proposal:

  We (the Perl community) currently do not have a CPAN module that handles OData (cf. odata.org). There seems tob e an attempt to do it here: OData::Clie…

• Commented on Grants for applications (vs. Perl infrastructure)?
  Thanks Dave. It's not easy to find (which I'll fix) but the open source license is required: - - - http://www.perlfoundation.org/grant_benefits All software developed under a TPF Development grant must be released under a publically available license that is free...
• Posted Grants for applications (vs. Perl infrastructure)? to Makoto Nozaki

  Somebody asked me:

  Is the Foundation mainly interested in grants to help fund work on Perl's own infrastructure -- the language itself, key modules, and other community projects -- or would it also be open to considering funding open-source applications created with Perl, bu…

• Posted Grant idea - pack and unpack on streams to Makoto Nozaki

  Merijn Brand gave me this proposal. As it’s too long for our grant ideas list, I am posting here.

  Currently, pack and unpack work on a string, which means that you have to move forward in the data-string yourself, if the full data-format is not known in advance, but de…

• Commented on Bounty for fixing CPAN modules
  As a start, I have made a list of ideas I gathered and also added a link to BountySource. Feedback will be welcomed! http://www.perlfoundation.org/grant_ideas...
• Posted Grant ideas to Makoto Nozaki

  I made a list of grant idas. Nothing fancy but it's just a start.

  Share grant ideas. Use the ideas. Improve Perl.

• Commented on RFC: Limiting grant duration
  Although the proposal is not a bad idea to help mitigate the effects of this problem, it seems to me we need a better understanding of why this is happening in the first place. Right. It's in our agenda to...
• Posted RFC: Limiting grant duration to Makoto Nozaki

  I am thinking about adding this to the grants operation rules:

  If the grant does not finish within three times of the proposed duration or within two years, the grant will be considered a failure.

  First of all, it should be noted that it won't affect mo…

• Commented on Grants Committee 2014
  And thank YOU for being a part of the effort!...

Comment Threads

• BooK commented on RFC: Perl software of the year award

  I think it would probably be best if the software in question was NOT just a CPAN module. I.e. it should be a complete program, not only a library (or a set of libraries). That restriction (program versus library) does not prevent it to be distributed on CPAN (notable examples, exiftool, ack).

  I imagine there could be several categories: command-line, GUI, web application...
  Then I suppose (contradicting my first paragraph) that there could be a "library" category. :-)

• mocnii commented on RFC: Perl software of the year award

  One example of CPAN library getting Application of the year award (outside of Perl community) is MySQL::Sandbox (work of GMAX - MySQL expert and long time Perl programmer).
  Why: MySQL Sandbox is a flexible tool that helps to install, test, and dispose of MySQL versions quickly and painlessly. It has been available since 2005, and it is kept up-to-date …

• BooK commented on RFC: Perl software of the year award

  And if the award needs a name, I think we can forget camels and butterflies for a moment, and call it the Onion Clock, or maybe the Clockwork Onion.

• Randal L. Schwartz commented on Board Reflections: Continued Experiences with The Perl Foundation

  I got a white camel in 2006, ironically the only year I missed OSCON because I was double-booked with a cruise. :) So I had to have it accepted by proxy.

• Brett Estrade commented on Board Reflections: Continued Experiences with The Perl Foundation

  Did RGEOFFREY get his presented in Las Vegas? If he did, I do not remember it. In Toronto 2023, Mohammed (2022 winner) got to receive it and give a speech.

  https://whitecamel.org/p/mohammad_sajid_anwar.html

  In Las Vegas, 2024, Geoffrey (2023 winner) was there but AFAIK, no White Camel award was presented.

  https://whitecamel.org/p/r_geoffrey_avery.html

  I'll give y'all the benefit of the doubt. I just don't recall that award being given o…