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I was asked to Interview at #JPL once for an immediate need contract to address some infrastucture issues back in the NT 4.0 days.

The interview itself went well between me and three staff members, and at the end they gave me a quick tour of the facilities and team members I would be managing.

I figured I would be receiving a call and offer letter in the next day or two, but before I left, they led me to a room with some workstations and asked me to take a test.

I declined.

Less than a month later, two of those interviewers in the group were among the students attending a Core Technologies class I was teaching in the #MCSE program.

"When you boil the water, you really should just make the damn coffee."
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#tallship #interviews #testing #certifications You no can haz #Cheezburgerz! 🍔 #nimrods

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#testing #JPL #MCSE #tallship #interviews #certifications #Cheezburgerz #nimrods

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IO-Socket-SSL-2.079
Nearly transparent SSL encapsulation for IO::Socket::INET.

Changes for 2.079 - 2023-01-16
https://metacpan.org/dist/IO-Socket-SSL

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App-Licensecheck-v3.3.6
simple license checker for source files

Changes for v3.3.6 - 2023-01-16
  • Packaging
https://metacpan.org/dist/App-Licensecheck

VM-Libvirt-CloneHelper-0.1.0
Create a bunch of cloned VMs in via libvirt.

Changes for 0.1.0 - 2023-01-15
  • -Auto fix perl path. -Add recreate action. -Add -n switch.
https://metacpan.org/dist/VM-Libvirt-CloneHelper

App-PDFUtils-0.014
Command-line utilities related to PDF files

Changes for 0.014 - 2022-10-07
  • [bugfix] [cli less-pdf-text] --pdf-raw does not take argument.
https://metacpan.org/dist/App-PDFUtils

App-ModuleBuildTiny-0.030
A standalone authoring tool for Module::Build::Tiny

Changes for 0.030
  • Allow for multiple prereq files
  • Add scan command for prereqs
  • Add --bump option to regenerate subcommand
  • Add list action to configure subcommand
https://metacpan.org/dist/App-ModuleBuildTiny

Inevitable Impossibilities
https://blogs.perl.org/users/saif/2023/02/inevitable-impossibilities.html

Asm-X86-0.65
List of instructions and registers of x86-compatible processors, validating and converting instructions and memory references.
https://metacpan.org/dist/Asm-X86

This Week in PSC (093)
https://blogs.perl.org/users/psc/2023/01/this-week-in-psc-093.html

GDGraph-1.56
Produces charts with GD

Changes for 1.56
  • Improve the language explaining the 2023 update. Docs-only change.
https://metacpan.org/dist/GDGraph

App-RPM-Spec-License-0.02
Tool for working with RPM spec file licenses.

Changes for 0.02 - 2023-01-13T13:50:20+01:00
  • Add -u command option to print unique licenses only.
  • Change example in doc to print duplicite license.
  • Update minimal dependencies.
https://metacpan.org/dist/App-RPM-Spec-License

Parse-RPM-Spec-v1.1.2
Perl extension to parse RPM spec files.
https://metacpan.org/dist/Parse-RPM-Spec

Geizhals Preisvergleich sponsors the German Perl/Raku Workshop
https://blogs.perl.org/users/max_maischein/2023/01/geizhals-preisvergleich-sponsors-the-german-perlraku-workshop.html

FASTX-Reader-1.9.0
A simple module to parse FASTA and FASTQ files, supporting compressed files and paired-ends.

Changes for 1.9.0 - 2023-01-12
  • Added `slice(from, len)` method to FASTX::Seq (works as substr)
  • Added `string()` method to get the sequence as a string (FASTQ or FASTA according to the record), with `as_string()` as alias
  • Added `is_fasta()` and `is_fastq()` methods to FASTX::Seq
  • Added `as_fasta()` and `as_fastq()` aliases to FASTX::Seq (for syntax consistency)
https://metacpan.org/dist/FASTX-Reader

App-DBBrowser-2.313
Browse SQLite/MySQL/PostgreSQL databases and their tables interactively.

Changes for 2.313 - 2023-01-13
  • Bugfix in first_column_is_autoincrement.
  • Update attach/detach SQLite databases.
https://metacpan.org/dist/App-DBBrowser

WebService-HashiCorp-Vault-0.02
Perl API for HashiCorp's Vault

Changes for 0.02 - 2022-01-13
  • Add put/delete functions to auth and audit PR#12 thanks to @yewtc
  • Correct pod from GH#10
  • Rename TEST_AUTHOR to AUTHOR_TESTING for GH#13
https://metacpan.org/dist/WebService-HashiCorp-Vault

SPVM-0.9681
SPVM Language

Changes for 0.9681 - 2022-01-13
  • New Features
  • Incompative Changes
  • Internal Compatible Changes
https://metacpan.org/dist/SPVM

Story-Interact-0.001003
tools for writing (and reading) an interactive story

Changes for 0.001003 - 2023-01-13
https://metacpan.org/dist/Story-Interact

Perl Weekly Challenge 199: Good Pairs and Good Triplets
https://blogs.perl.org/users/laurent_r/2023/01/perl-weekly-challenge-199-good-pairs-and-good-triplets.html

XS-Parse-Keyword-0.32
XS functions to assist in parsing keyword syntax

Changes for 0.32 - 2023-01-12
  • BUGFIXES
https://metacpan.org/dist/XS-Parse-Keyword

Parse-RPM-Spec-v1.1.1
Perl extension to parse RPM spec files.
https://metacpan.org/dist/Parse-RPM-Spec

App-pl-0.91.0
Perl One-Liner Magic Wand
https://metacpan.org/dist/App-pl

Geo-Coder-OpenCage-0.34
Forward and reverse geocoding with the OpenCage Geocoding API

Changes for 0.34 - 2022-01-12
  • support address_only optional param
  • optionally specify http => 1 in object creation to make requests via http rather than https
  • avoid duplicate POD
https://metacpan.org/dist/Geo-Coder-OpenCage

PDL-Transform-Color-1.007
Useful color system conversions for PDL

Changes for 1.007 - 2023-01-12
  • fixes for f_lab including tests - thanks @stphnlyd
  • minimum Perl 5.10
  • switch to using PDL::Graphics::ColorSpace for both speed and correctness
https://metacpan.org/dist/PDL-Transform-Color

Fosdem mini grants for 2023
https://blogs.perl.org/users/tprfmarketing/2023/01/fosdem-mini-grants-for-2023.html

Story-Interact-0.001000
tools for writing (and reading) an interactive story

Changes for 0.001000 - 2023-01-11
https://metacpan.org/dist/Story-Interact

Chemistry-PeriodicTable-0.0400
Provide access to chemical element properties

Changes for 0.0400 - 2023-01-11T08:33:26Z
  • Improve eg/periodic.pl again!
  • Improve variable and attribute names.
  • Add the eg/element-property.pl plotting program.
https://metacpan.org/dist/Chemistry-PeriodicTable

Benchmarking Rakudo releases. Is Raku Still slow?
https://blogs.perl.org/users/sylvain_colinet/2023/01/benchmarking-rakudo-releases-is-raku-still-slow.html

Data-Dumper-Interp-3.9
Data:😁umper for humans, with interpolation
https://metacpan.org/dist/Data-Dumper-Interp

App-CSVUtils-1.003
CLI utilities related to CSV

Changes for 1.003 - 2023-01-11
  • Add utility: csv-find-values.
https://metacpan.org/dist/App-CSVUtils

App-CSVUtils-1.002
CLI utilities related to CSV

Changes for 1.002 - 2023-01-04
  • [cli csv-intrange] Add option --sort.
  • Fix Abstract of csv-uniq.
https://metacpan.org/dist/App-CSVUtils

App-Netdisco-2.060004
An open source web-based network management tool.

Changes for 2.060004 - 2023-01-10
  • BUG FIXES
https://metacpan.org/dist/App-Netdisco

HTTP-CSPHeader-v0.2.1
manage dynamic content security policy headers

Changes for v0.2.1 - 2023-01-11T14:43:34+00:00
  • No Changes from v0.2.0.
https://metacpan.org/dist/HTTP-CSPHeader

Email-Address-1.913
RFC 2822 Address Parsing and Creation

Changes for 1.913 - 2023-01-09T19:41:25-05:00
  • as ever, you should probably use Email::Address:🤐S instead
  • this version now requires Perl v5.12
  • some small tweaks to the code to take advantage of v5.12 made
  • update distribution metadata
https://metacpan.org/dist/Email-Address

Data-Dumper-Interp-3.8
Data:😁umper for humans, with interpolation
https://metacpan.org/dist/Data-Dumper-Interp

Clipboard-Any-0.005
Common interface to clipboard manager functions

Changes for 0.005 - 2022-10-25
  • [ux] Add examples.
  • Remove copy-pasted Rinci metadata property.
https://metacpan.org/dist/Clipboard-Any

Creating a Simple DSL in Perl
https://blogs.perl.org/users/toby_inkster/2023/01/creating-a-simple-dsl-in-perl.html

FASTX-Reader-1.8.1
A simple module to parse FASTA and FASTQ files, supporting compressed files and paired-ends.

Changes for 1.8.1 - 2023-01-09
  • Updated tests
  • Update POD documentation
https://metacpan.org/dist/FASTX-Reader

Chemistry-PeriodicTable-0.0303
Provide access to chemical element properties

Changes for 0.0303 - 2023-01-09T07:10:06Z
  • Fix element types again.
  • Improve the eg/periodic.pl script more.
https://metacpan.org/dist/Chemistry-PeriodicTable

FASTX-Reader-1.8.0
A simple module to parse FASTA and FASTQ files, supporting compressed files and paired-ends.
https://metacpan.org/dist/FASTX-Reader

Acme-Cavaspazi-1.0.1
a simple function to remove spaces from strings or lists of strings
https://metacpan.org/dist/Acme-Cavaspazi

FASTX-Reader-1.8.0-TRIAL
A simple module to parse FASTA and FASTQ files, supporting compressed files and paired-ends.
https://metacpan.org/dist/FASTX-Reader

JSON-Schema-Tiny-0.019
Validate data against a schema, minimally

Changes for 0.019 - 2023-01-08T19:54:14Z
  • fix warning when using a $ref to a URI with no fragment
  • update test skip list for latest release of the test suite
https://metacpan.org/dist/JSON-Schema-Tiny

Chemistry-PeriodicTable-0.0202
Provide access to chemical element properties

Changes for 0.0202 - 2023-01-08T11:33:51Z
  • Add tests.
https://metacpan.org/dist/Chemistry-PeriodicTable

Chemistry-PeriodicTable-0.0201
Provide access to chemical element properties

Changes for 0.0201 - 2023-01-08T11:25:47Z
  • Improve documentation.
https://metacpan.org/dist/Chemistry-PeriodicTable

MarpaX-ESLIF-6.0.28
ESLIF is Extended ScanLess InterFace

Changes for 6.0.28 - 2023-01-08T19:07:42Z
  • Jean-Damien Durand <jeandamiendurand@free.fr>
  • Jeffrey Kegler <jeffreykegler@jeffreykegler.com>
  • Jeffrey Kegler <jeffreykegler@protonmail.com>
  • jddurand <jeandamiendurand@free.fr>
https://metacpan.org/dist/MarpaX-ESLIF

App-Transpierce-0.002
backup and modify important files

Changes for 0.002
  • fix some test failures
https://metacpan.org/dist/App-Transpierce

This Week in PSC (092)
https://blogs.perl.org/users/psc/2023/01/this-week-in-psc-092.html

VCS-SCCS-0.28
OO Interface to SCCS files

Changes for 0.28
  • It's 2021
  • It's 2022
  • It's 2023
https://metacpan.org/dist/VCS-SCCS

Tk-Clock-0.44
Clock widget with analog and digital display
https://metacpan.org/dist/Tk-Clock
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