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Luca Ferrari is an Open Source advocate and software developer with a passion for Linux, BSD, and automation. He enjoys archery, music, and swimming with dolphins.

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pgagroal 2.0.0 features major enhancements like a new event system, JSON management protocol, improved metrics, and a growing community, marking a significant upgrade from version 1.6.0.
The author reflects on the history and nuances of the 'test' command and its bracketed syntax in shell scripting, sharing personal anecdotes and technical insights.
Solutions to Perl Weekly Challenge 365 are presented, featuring implementations in various programming languages and focusing on string manipulation and word counting tasks.
The post discusses solutions to the Perl Weekly Challenge 350, focusing on coding tasks implemented in Raku and PL/Perl. The author, Luca Ferrari, shares his implementations for two tasks: splitting a string into chunks of three c...
A personal account of mistakenly creating a Linux user with the wrong username and the subsequent challenges faced in correcting it highlights the importance of proper system administration practices.
Solutions to Perl Weekly Challenge 364 are presented, showcasing Raku implementations for string substitution tasks involving numbers and specific patterns.
Solutions to Perl Weekly Challenge 361 are presented, showcasing Raku implementations for finding the Zeckendorf sequence and identifying individuals who know everyone in a matrix.
Mnemosyne Systems provides innovative open-source solutions for PostgreSQL to enhance disaster recovery and high availability with minimal human intervention.
Solutions to Perl Weekly Challenge 355 are presented, focusing on number formatting and array sorting across multiple programming languages including Raku, PostgreSQL, and Python.
The article explains the FreeBSD periodic system, which is a shell script that manages maintenance tasks through cron. It details how periodic operates, its directory structure, and the execution of scripts for daily, weekly, and ...
Solutions to Perl Weekly Challenge 362 are presented, focusing on Raku and PL/Perl implementations for string manipulation and phonetic sorting of numbers.
The post discusses the FreeBSD command 'lsvfs(1)', which lists the Virtual FileSystems allowed in the operating system. It explains the command's output, including filesystem names, magic numbers, reference counts, and flags that ...
Solutions to Perl Weekly Challenge 359 are presented, showcasing implementations in Raku and PL/Perl while highlighting the importance of coding skill maintenance.
Solutions to Perl Weekly Challenge 358 are presented, featuring implementations in Raku, PostgreSQL, and Python for string manipulation tasks.
The post provides a step-by-step guide for migrating a password store using the 'pass' tool on Unix-like systems.
Solutions to Perl Weekly Challenge 357 are presented, featuring implementations in Raku, PostgreSQL, PL/Java, and Python for two computational tasks.
Solutions to Perl Weekly Challenge 352 are presented, highlighting implementations in various programming languages to maintain coding skills and learn new concepts.
The post discusses solutions to the Perl Weekly Challenge 349, focusing on coding tasks implemented in various programming languages including Raku, PostgreSQL PL/Perl, PL/PgSQL, PL/Java, and Python. The author shares their implem...
The post discusses solutions to the Perl Weekly Challenge 348, focusing on coding tasks implemented in various programming languages including Raku, PostgreSQL PL/Perl, PL/PgSQL, PL/Java, and Python. The author explains the logic ...
The post discusses solutions to the Perl Weekly Challenge 347, focusing on coding tasks in Raku and PostgreSQL. The author shares implementations for two tasks: converting a date into ISO format and formatting a phone number into ...
The post discusses solutions to the Perl Weekly Challenge 346, specifically focusing on the first task which involves counting the largest set of balanced parentheses in a string. The author provides a Raku implementation that tra...
The post discusses solutions to the Perl Weekly Challenge 344, focusing on two tasks implemented in Raku. The author, Luca Ferrari, shares his coding solutions to maintain skills and learn new concepts. The first task involves sum...
The blog post discusses the author's solutions to the Perl Weekly Challenge 341, detailing implementations in various programming languages including Raku, PL/Perl, PL/PgSQL, PL/Java, and Python. The author shares their coding exp...
Solutions to Perl Weekly Challenge 353 are presented, highlighting implementations in multiple programming languages to maintain coding skills and learn new techniques.