dragonchild, what you wrote really resonates with me. Moose looks incredibly shiny. But when I need to get something done, I find myself throwing something together with Class::Struct or "classic" blessed hash-refs.

If I were to start a new complex, large project, I would seriously consider Moose (and build some test code before committing to it, you can be sure). But for most smallish projects, a hashref is plenty good enough.