Last week I ran across a few great posts by brian d foy: How do you master Perl? and brian's Guide to Solving Any Perl Problem. I'm sure many of you have read them but they were new to me. I saw one of his recent posts and decided to check out his profile to see other things he had written. Luckily he has these listed on his profile.

I started thinking about other great posts I was missing out on. I also thought, wouldn't it be great if we had a section called "100 Most Insightful Posts" or something like that. I know for someone like me who has only been involved with Perl for less than a year these posts provide inspiration and guidance towards some long term goals. I may not understand everything that's being discussed but that's OK. Posts like these challenge my thinking especially when it comes to where I'm envisioning Perl taking me in the coming months/years.

Would others find something like this useful? What posts have you come across in the monastary and found really insightful?

Update: 10.29.2010 Thank you ELISHEVA for having this on your home node. — Very helpful!

This Post By Limbic~Region Is Very Close To What I Was Thinking

The post is from 2006 and I didn't see any recent updates. That said, as it stands the post provides a fantastic list. I think it could make a valuable addition to the Perl Monks section in the tutorials, FAQ or maybe even the Q&A.

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Update: 10.28.2010 Walking The Walk
Thanks to everyone for their thoughts and suggestions. I've spent a good amount of time reading through more lists and home nodes. I decided that it was high time I put some of my favorite posts up on my own home node. So here is a copy of the links I've put up that I have found insightful/inspirational. While it's not the "100 Most Insightful Posts on Perl Monks" I didn't want to just sit here pouting, asking for the powers that be to put a list together and not put some effort in myself. Hey, even if this thread encourages a few more of us here at the Monastery to keep our own list then that's good in and of itself — right? Anyway here's my list for now:


"...the adversities born of well-placed thoughts should be considered mercies rather than misfortunes." — Don Quixote

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