Perl - GoKawiil

SIGBOVIK 2019 paper finds 93% of paint splatters parse as valid Perl

An April Fools research paper presented at SIGBOVIK 2019 used OCR software to scan 100 paint-splatter images and test whether the resulting text strings would run as Perl code. The study found 93% of the splatters parsed as valid Perl programs, and the author published seven examples that failed, along with a gallery and image/code dataset.

mcmillen.dev · 2026-11-11

Qisutu 1.0.2 open-source ticketing system reaches stable release

Qisutu, a self-hosted, open-source help desk and ticketing platform built with Perl/CGI, MariaDB/MySQL and Template Toolkit, has reached version 1.0.2, marking its first stable, production-ready release. The software includes an agent and customer portal, email handling, directory login, automation, a knowledge base, CMDB, reporting and a REST API, and ships with eleven complete interface languages including English, German, French and Spanish. Installation is done via a shell script that sets up a dedicated system user and lets administrators pick their interface language during setup.

github.com · 2026-08-26