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I wrote ack (@beyondgrep). I'm shepherding Perl::Critic (@Perl-Critic). I do other Perl stuff.

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• Name: Andy Lester
• Location: Palatine, IL
• Kind: user
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• Repositories count: 48
• Created at: 2022-11-02T17:57:34.393Z
• Updated at: 2025-03-25T01:47:30.217Z
• Last synced at: 2025-03-25T01:47:30.216Z

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I'm the creator and maintainer of ack, the greplike code search tool.
I maintain bobby-tables.com, the guide to preventing SQL injection.
I maintain altbox.dev, a collection of open source alternatives to standard *nix tools.
I've been in open source since the 1990s, mostly in Perl. Some of the things I've written:

WWW::Mechanize, the handy web browser in an object.
Test::WWW::Mechanize, the WWW::Mechanize extension to make automated website testing easier.
Module::Starter, the first tool to create a skeleton Perl module distribution.
prove, the standard tool for running Perl tests

Other projects I'm involved with:

Perl::Critic, the Perl static analysis tool. I'm currently a maintainer.
Perl::Critic::Bangs, my custom set of add-on policies for Perl::Critic

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• Total Sponsors: 2
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