It often comes down to hammers - you use the tool you are familiar with and with which you can get the job done. Sometimes that means you need to change the shape of your nail a little. ;)

If I'm looking for a module in a new domain it seems most often to be resolved in one of three ways:

1. I search CPAN and there is one clearly most suitable module
2. I search CPAN and there is are a bundle of modules that may do the job so I install the most likely looking ones and try them
3. I search CPAN and don't find anything that looks right so I ask in the Chat Box

Once I've found my hammer, then I use it to bang all sorts of likely looking nails.

If I don't find a module at all then sometimes I write one. .oO(I ought polish up some of those modules a little and put them on CPAN.)