in reply to How do I sort a hash of arrays by value THEN by key?

Do you fellas know if it's possible to do it in this format or am I completely on the wrong path?

you are on the right path, but as usual TMTOWTDI... 

# ascending
use Sort::Key::Maker sort_ss => qw(str str);
my @akeys = sort_ss { $data{$_}[0], $_ } keys %data;

# descending
use Sort::Key::Maker sort_rsrs => qw(-str -str);
my @dkeys = sort_rsrs { $data{$_}[0], $_ } keys %data;

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