John Napiorkowski articles - 25 total
PAGI::Server, now with HTTP/2!
PAGI 0.001017 is on CPAN. The headline feature is HTTP/2 support in PAGI::Server, built on the...
PAGI 0.001016: Navigating the Future::IO Configuration Problem
PAGI 0.001016 includes a decision we wrestled with for a while: where should Future::IO configuration...
The #1 sentence I add to prompts that makes them better
Prompt Engineering or selling your soul? If you use AI at work, you’ve probably had this...
PAGI::Server: Stress-Testing an Async Perl HTTP Server the Hard Way
Over the last few days I’ve been stress-testing PAGI::Server, an async HTTP server built on...
Perl PAGI Project Update
What We Learned Shipping PAGI PAGI (Perl Asynchronous Gateway Interface) is a new web...
PAGI::Server Performance and Hardening
Some raw info on how PAGI::Server, the reference implementation of the PAGI spec...
In Defense of Rudolph (and Against State-Sanctioned Reindeer Bullying)
Every year around Christmas, we are expected—required, really—to cheerfully sing along to Rudolph the...
The Joy of Code in the Age of Vibe Engineering
I’ve always liked programming because I could get the machine to bend to my will. Programming has a...
PAGI: ASGI For Perl, or the Spiritual Successor to Plack
Introducing PAGI: Async Web Development for Perl TL;DR: PAGI (Perl Asynchronous Gateway...
Building Effective MCP Servers: Patterns for AI Collaboration
Building Effective MCP Servers: Advanced Patterns for Production-Ready AI...
Perl Catalyst: Thoughts on Chained Actions
Introduction Chained Actions in Catalyst give you a lot of power and design flexibility...
Catalyst Tricks: Map Request Parameters to a Model
Introduction Dealing with incoming request parameters (both query and body parameters) is...
A Rational Process for Perl Language Feature Development
Introduction Perl's failure to grow with the times and needs of modern developers is one...
Benchmarking Perl Core Class in v5.38
UPDATE Gist to my test script so you can tell me what I did wrong:...
What I'm doing for Catalyst Authentication
Introduction For years, decades really, the ecosystem of code behind...
Using Postgresql pg_vector for AI: Part 3, Natural Language parsing DB data
UPDATE I came across a fantastic article that reviews the general process coded here that is well...
Modern Perl Catalyst: Docker Setup - Update
Based on feedback from one of my previous blogs and updates to community project I made a few...
Worst Interview Experiences
Howdy all, I'm doing a research project into how IT interviewing is run nowadays, compared to say 20...
Modern Perl Catalyst: Docker Setup
Overview This is the first of a blog series where I review a basic but modern Perl Catalyst...
Using Postgresql pg_vector for AI: Part 2, Using vectors For Natural Language Processing
Introduction In the previous post we just learned how to use pg_vector in SQL to look for...
Using Postgresql pg_vector for AI: Part 1, WTF is a Vector Anyway?
Introduction If you're just starting out getting into the new wave of generative AI and natural...
Modernize Chained Actions in Perl Catalyst MVC
Now that the lastest release of Perl Catalyst is out with enhancements to chained actions, lets talk...
Perl Catalyst Release 5.90131
Version 5.90131 of the Perl MVC web development framework Catalyst just hit CPAN. This is mostly a...
Using Modern Perl Features in your Projects
Perl has changed a lot over the years and it can be hard to keep track of what was introduced when...
"Next Action" - Improving Perl Catalyst Chained Actions
One of the features I enjoy the most about Perl's Catalyst MVC web framework is action chaining. In...