Kolon and TTerse are pluggable template syntax options for XSLATE, a full-featured and fast templating system that is 158 times faster than TT2. XSLATE's website is at http://xslate.org. HTTP::Async is a HTTP client that is 7 times faster than LWP and 4 times faster than HTTP::Lite, making it good for REST APIs but not user agent tasks. Server::Starter is a wrapper that allows hot reloading of network servers by listening on a port and restarting on HUP. DBIx::Class provides a cleaner SQL::Abstract clone that is easier to extend. Test::mysqld and Test::postgresql allow easily bringing up database instances for