I'm working on a separate project, a Module::Build subclass I expect, which will, during development, pretty well screw up any project upon which it's tested. I'll want to create a wide variety of dummy projects quickly.

I do agree that I tend to focus on details. As I've retired from engineering for pay, I enjoy the luxury of perfectionism free from money and time constraints. I highly appreciate elegant tools, of which I'm sorry to say I don't consider the topic of this post an example. My entire effort in Perl thus far has been tool development. Please accept my promise that something, eventually, will roll out the door.