David Precious
Software Engineer at Perl Dancer - PerlDancer
South Holland, England, United Kingdom
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RockstarDavid Precious is a seasoned UK software engineer with 19 years' experience specializing in modern Perl development, web hosting and ISP systems, and Linux sysadmin work. He combines hands-on backend engineering—Moose, DBIx::Class, Dancer/Dancer2, MySQL/Postgres—with small-team leadership and a strong focus on secure, reusable, object-oriented code. An active open-source maintainer and PerlDancer core contributor, he has authored numerous CPAN distributions and improved framework flexibility and testing utilities in Dancer2. Comfortable working remotely and under pressure, he balances pragmatic initiative with coding best practices and mentoring. Less obvious: his contributions span both developer experience (documentation, examples) and low-level framework features, demonstrating an ability to bridge newcomer onboarding and deep technical improvement.
19 years of coding experience
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Github Skills (22)
api-design10
webpages10
perl10
web-content10
framework-design10
web-framework10
documentation10
testing9
configuration-management9
model-view-controller9
audio9
version-control9
template-toolkit8
xml6
git-merge6
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
PerlDancer/Dancer
Feb 2010 - Jan 2023
The easiest way to write web applications with Perl (Perl web micro-framework)
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:6 reviews, 681 commits, 93 PRs in 13 years
Contributions summary:David focused on improving the documentation and overall usability of the Dancer web framework. They made several commits that refined descriptions, added examples for common use cases like before filters for login pages, and expanded documentation on various aspects, including logging, views, sessions, and configuration. These efforts enhance the framework's accessibility and ease of use for developers.
micro-frameworkweb-applicationsdatabase-accesswebapplicationframework
PerlDancer/Dancer2
Aug 2011 - Dec 2021
Perl Dancer Next Generation (rewrite of Perl Dancer)
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:11 reviews, 68 commits, 18 PRs in 10 years 5 months
Contributions summary:David contributed to the Perl Dancer2 framework, focusing on enhancements and bug fixes. They implemented features such as plugin settings, allowing plugins to pass parameters to hooks, and storing the route being executed in the Request object. Additionally, the user made improvements to testing utilities, and fixed configuration issues. These changes reflect a focus on improving the framework's flexibility, functionality, and overall developer experience.
dancernext-generationrewriteperl
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