After that, very few programs seemed to be worthy of promoting for actual use.

You've heard of Sturgeon's Law, haven't you?

I mention this because I consider it a challenge, not an immutable fact. Since you have consistent traffic and a loyal userbase, why not let them loose and help improve what you've got? Make a list of the top 10, 20, 50, or how-ever-many things you wish were better--and more securely--implemented and then rewrite them. While doing so, keep track of the questions that people keep asking, for that suggests that a) people still aren't learning how to find Perl information or b) the information they're finding isn't explaining itself well. In either case, it suggests additional content and focus areas.

IOW, if you don't like the job you're doing, do a better one. Since you're the "manager" of the site, you might consider delegating some of it to the people with the time/desire to do it. In short, let it live a better life and it should be even more prosperous. If there's more than one way to do things, then there should be more than one way to find information about doing them.

After all, it's not like we're dealing with Isildur's Meme, the WebRing of Power, or other attempts to be amusing.

--f

In reply to Re: Should it live or die? by footpad
in thread Should it live or die? by Jazz

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