Perl Weekly Challenge 367‘s tasks are “Max Odd Binary” and “Conflict Events”. Since my wife won’t let me forget I’m part of “the Phil Collins set”1, let’s lean into it and say this week’s musical theme is Against All Odds.
Monthly Archives: March 2026
Perl Weekly Challenge: The Times They Are A-Countin’
Perl Weekly Challenge 366‘s tasks are “Count Prefixes” and “Valid Times”. When I looked at the second task, and I saw how the times were changin’, I needed to listen to some Robert Allen Zimmerman.
Perl Weekly Challenge: I’ll be the smartest bird the world has ever seen!
Perl Weekly Challenge 365‘s tasks are “Alphabet Index Digit Sum” and “Valid Token Counter”. I thought about trying to find some song referencing tokens (like subway tokens) or validity, but I kept hearing Caroll Spinney’s voice in my head.
Perl Weekly Challenge: Andrés Cantor Goes West
Perl Weekly Challenge 364‘s tasks are “Decrypt String” and “Goal Parser”. Because task 2’s second example is decidedly a tribute to Andrés Cantor, that meant I needed to think “soccer” when I was thinking about the music this week, and suddenly I heard Arsenal fans singing in my head.
Perl Weekly Challenge: I Shot The Subnet…
Perl Weekly Challenge 363‘s tasks are “String Lie Detector” and “Subnet Sheriff”.
I challenge anyone to not think of I Shot The Sheriff given those tasks.