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fun</em>, short <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/autang/ofun-optimizing-for-fun"><em>-Ofun</em></a>. </p> <p> Raku has a fun-driven community: writing a Raku compiler is fun, developing applications too, and most of all dealing with <a href="/community/">friendly, intelligent people</a>. </p> </header> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-8"> <div class="panel panel-default"> <div class="panel-heading"> <h3 class="panel-title">Articles</h3> </div> <div class="panel-body"> <ul class="shy-list"> <li class="list-group-item"><a href="http://strangelyconsistent.org/blog/perl-6-is-my-mmorpg">Perl 6 is my MMORPG</a></li> <li class="list-group-item"><a href="https://perlgeek.de/blog-en/perl-6/optimized-for-fun.html">Optimized for fun</a> (IRC conversations)</li> <li class="list-group-item"><a href="https://medium.com/@audrey.tang/lessons-i-ve-learned-32f5d8107e34">Lessons learned from open source communities</li> <li class="list-group-item"><a href="http://pugs.blogs.com/audrey/2009/08/my-hobby-troll-hugging.html">My hobby: Troll hugging</li> <li class="list-group-item"><a href="https://github.com/Raku/CCR/blob/main/Remaster/Zoffix%20Znet/On-Troll-Hugging-Hole-Digging-and-Improving-Open-Source-Communities.md" >On Troll Hugging, Hole Digging, and Improving Open Source Communities</li> <li class="list-group-item"><a href="https://effectiviology.com/principle-of-charity/">The Principle of Charity</a>: on the Importance of Using Constructive Arguments (<a href="http://www.jstor.org/stable/20123725">original paper</a>)</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-4"> <div class="panel panel-info"> <div class="panel-heading"> <h3 class="panel-title">Merchandising</h3> </div> <div class="panel-body"> <ul class="shy-list"> <li><a href="https://www.spreadshirt.com/shop/rakudo/">Spreadshirt</a></li> <li><a href="https://cafepress.com/rakudo">Cafepress</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.zazzle.com/rakudo">Zazzle</a></li> </ul> 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