I've noticed that the node reputation required to make it into Selected Best Nodes ("50 of the top 2000 nodes of all time!") is around 99 to 100 votes.

And yet, for the past five years, there have been no centurian nodes at all. None. For the past five years, therefore, many delightful nodes disappeared from view forever once they expired from Best Nodes.

That makes me feel sad. So I went through the meditations of the past five years and hand-picked some of the highest rated nodes from that period. Apologies if I missed some classics -- I cannot super-search by node rep, so may have overlooked some gems.

Please feel free to respond with classic nodes from the past five years that you feel are worthy of a wider audience.

Year	Node	Author	Rep
2015	The problem of documenting complex modules.	BrowserUk	60+
2014	The First Ten Perl Monks	eyepopslikeamosquito	90+
2014	in praise of poor old Tk	zentara	80+
2013	Old Monks go gentle into that good night.	punch_card_don	80+
2013	Perl is my cast iron pan	talexb	80+
2012	Five Years at the Monastery	moritz	80+
2012	Living on the edge …	Tux	70+
2012	Mini-Tutorial: Dereferencing Syntax	ikegami	70+
2011	Hoss'ss Last Words	hossman	70+
2011	"Just use a hash": An overworked mantra?	davido	70+
2011	Moose - my new religion	jdrago999	70+

Update: Some more recent nodes

• To glob or not to glob (Jan 07 2018) (45+)
• Performance penalty of using qr// (Dec 21 2017) (40+)
• The problem of "the" default shell (Dec 09 2017) (50+)
• Some Help for a Report About Perl (Nov 01 2017) (20+)
• Be prepared for CSV injections in spreadsheet (Oct 18 2017) (45+)
• Kindness and support for Meredith (Sep 18 2017) (50+)
• More Betterer Game of Life (Sep 18 2017) (45+)
• Searching for exoplanets (Aug 24 2017) (50+)
• A Few Impressions from Amsterdam (Aug 13 2017) (50+)
• How has Perl affected you? (Aug 12 2017) (40+)
• Re: How has Perl affected you? (Aug 12 2017) (50+)
• Re: How has Perl affected you? (Aug 12 2017) (50+)
• High Performance Game of Life (Aug 11 2017) (50+)
• Test Driven Development, for software and for pancakes (Jul 23 2017) (45+)
• OT: Got fired this week (Mar 23 2017) (50+)
• Working Solo and in a Team (Feb 13 2017) (45+)
• Calling External Commands More Safely (Jan 29 2017) (40+)

• Short, Self-Contained, Correct Example (Dec 12 2016) (40+)
• My appreciation for PerlMonks (Aug 27 2016) (55+)
• In praise of the PM community (Mar 11 2016) (45+)

• Should I come back to Perl? (Sep 11 2015) (45+)
• Building the Right Thing (Part I): Pretotyping (Aug 04 2015) (50+)
• Re: Just curious: is there a BOT that downvotes "me?" (Jul 15 2015) (60+)
• Nobody Expects the Agile Imposition (Part VIII): Software Craftsmanship (Jun 11 2015) (50+)
• The Boy Scout Rule (Jan 25 2015) (50+)
• The 10**21 Problem (Part I) (Apr 21 2014) (70+)

• perlmonksflair.com : get your perlmonks flair! (Aug 11 2013) (90+)
• Compression in Golf: Part I (Sep 23 2012) (50+)
• The History of Acme::Bleach and Acme::EyeDrops (Apr 25 2012) (70+)
• Common Software Development Mistakes (Aug 07 2011) (80+)
• Drunk on golf: 99 Bottles of Beer (May 08 2011) (70+)
• Nobody Expects the Agile Imposition (Part VI): Architecture (Jan 23 2011) (69+)

Current Rep of Top Nodes from 2013/2014 (as at Feb 2024)

• The First Ten Perl Monks (2014) rep=101
• in praise of poor old Tk (2014) rep=86
• Perl is my cast iron pan (2013) rep=85
• Old Monks go gentle into that good night. (2013) rep=84

References Added Later

• Nostradamus Five Year Node Reputation Prophecy Expires Today! (2016)
• Re: Selected best nodes - nothing recent, why? (Node Reputation Ranges Over the Years)

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