It may well be that there is nowhere in the run-of-the-mill Perl world where the philosophy of “TMTOWTDI” is more thoroughly represented, than in the realm of Web application frameworks.   You will find dozens of them.   Catalyst is one.

The Perl environment has an uncommon wealth of powerful, practical frameworks.   It would be rather grossly unfair to any of them to “swiftly pass judgment” upon them, although you can be certain that this is precisely what will happen!  :-D

If you are coming from, say, the PHP world, you might not be used to this sort of thing.   Perl is a considerably more advanced language than PHP is, in terms of its intended scope and architecture.   (“IMHO,” of course!)   And I actually don’t intend that as a slight.   Honest.   I don’t.   Really.   ;-)

The best thing for you to do, is simply to consider your various options carefully.   Consider what your application requirements are, and attempt to select a solution that fits those particular needs best... according to you.