#!perl
use 5.024;
use strictures;
use Time::HiRes qw(sleep);

sub mock_connect {
    my $how_long_it_takes = 3 + rand;
    sleep $how_long_it_takes;
    return $how_long_it_takes;
}
sub main {
    state $db_handle = mock_connect($dsn);
    return sub { [200, [], ["connect took $db_handle seconds\n"]] };
}
my $dsn = 'dbi:blahblah'; # from config file
my $app = main($dsn);