Episode 5 - Test::Smoke

Episode 9 - Olaf Kolkman (part 1)

Olaf Kolkman has had a long career in open source. In this first part, we discussed his involvement with Perl, DNSSEC and NLnet Labs.

Episode 8 - A tangent about the Perl Toolchain Summit

As preparations are underway for the Perl Toolchain Summit 2026, this short episode is the last excerpt recorded during PTS 2025 (as a tangent during the CPAN Testers interview, published as episode 6). BooK starts by explaining the selection process for the Perl Toolchain Summit and some of the history, and then Doug, Ruth, Breno and Ferki reminisce about what makes the event so special.

Episode 7 - CPAN Security Group

This is the last of the interviews recorded during the Perl Toolchain Summit 2025 in Leipzig, this time with the CPAN Security Group. We talked about how the group was formed, the security landscape for Perl and CPAN, and how volunteers are always needed.

Episode 6 - CPAN Testers

During the Perl Toolchain Summit 2025 in Leipzig, we interviewed the CPAN Testers team. They told us about the history of the project, its recent problems, and how a new team formed around its (then) lone maintainer. They also told us about their plans for the future.

Episode 5 - Test::Smoke

During the Perl Toolchain Summit 2025 in Leipzig, we interviewed Merijn Brand, Test::Smoke's founder, and Thibault Duponchelle, its new maintainer following the passing of Abe Timmerman, about the history of the project, and how to contribute to it.