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Author of "Data Munging with Perl" and a co-author of "Perl Template Toolkit". Dreams of writing a book that normal people will read. ...more

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	Data Munging with Perl 3.83 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2001 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Perl Template Toolkit: Scalable Templating for the Web by Darren Chamberlain, Andy Wardley, David Cross (Goodreads Author) 3.35 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2003 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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(excerpts from a private diary recovered on a cracked iPhone, case stickered with glitter stars and a faded tour laminate)

2 January 2026

I promised myself I’d start writing again.

Not “journalling”, because that sounds like oat milk and linen trousers. Just… writing things down. A place to put the noise.

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