NEILB's Blog

It's all too easy to take CPAN for granted, particularly the modules which just work, and continue to do so year in, year out. Take a moment to thank the author of one of your "go to" modules. I did: he seemed to like it, and it made me feel good too. There's a quest stencil for this on Questhub — give it a go.

It's easy to forget that every module on CPAN is the work of one or more perl programmers. People like you and me.

Pick one module to say thank you for:

• This might be a module that you've used many times over the years.
• Maybe it saved your bacon one particular time?
• Maybe a module that meant you could throw away some nasty pile of code.
• Maybe a module that made your module better.
• It doesn't have to be a huge distribution — it might be a neat little module that solves a specific problem you hit regularly.
• It might be the documentation that sets this module apart for you.

Email the author or current maintainer and thank them. It doesn't need a long message, but be specific and make it personal.

You don't have to stop at one, but do one this week, and make a list of others for another time.