It's all relative. No doubt whatever you might release will be superior to Net::FullAuto for example.

FWIW I do encourage you to consider releasing at least one dist. It will not be 100% perfect first time but then nor is anyone else's. But what will happen is that you will receive feedback - this will come from CPANTesters, CPANTS, cpancover.com, etc. but also occasionally from users. It's all grist to the mill and by taking it onboard you and your code will almost certainly improve.

I was also somewhat daunted at first release but am now very glad that I did so. My code may never be as top-drawer as MIYAGAWA's but that really doesn't matter. In the years since then it has improved noticeably to me as a direct result and it has also made me less reticent in contributing to others' projects (whether with patches/PRs/MRs or reporting bugs, etc.). So, take the plunge - what do you have to lose?

I always fret that any module I post won't measure up.

Measure up to what?

I used to be that way, then things changed. Now I have clients that use my work, we've integrated several of my distributions into the code of my current job, I get feedback and patches from all over the globe.

Just make sure that you have good, complete documentation, and ensure you have a very good test suite that verifies what your documentation says is accurate.

I urge you to upload your work. Who cares what anyone else will think. To be realistic though, you've been around a long time so I'm quite confident that you'd get positive feedback anyway.

Besides, the CPAN needs more representation from Toronto ;)

Thank you. This post made my day, my week, and probably my month.

Alex / talexb / Toronto

Thanks PJ. We owe you so much. Groklaw -- RIP -- 2003 to 2013.