In the CPAN Report on 2021 I noted that there has been a steady decline in the number of new authors, releasing authors, and releases, year-on-year, for the last 8 years. In the conclusion, I noted one of the things that I thought would help is a "manual on how to become a good CPAN author". I wonder if we can use Hacktoberfest to get this started?
Read more ...In this post I'll argue that you should provide a concise, clear and informative abstract for your module: what that means, and why you should do it. Think of your module's abstract as the shop sign that passersby use to decide whether they should come in.
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