1.
• Pluggable template syntax • Kolon (default) • TTerse (almost TT2 compatible) • etc• Full-Featured AND FAST! • On a simple benchmark, 158 times faster than TT2 (CACHING IS ON) • Also see Sam Graham’s Template Benchmark site• http://xslate.org

2.
• HTTP Client made for performance • 7 times faster than LWP • 4 times faster than HTTP::Lite • 33% slower than curl• Good for hitting REST APIs• Not so good for acting as a mock useragent(cookies, auth, etc)

3.
• Wrapper to hot deploy network servers• Listens on port X, and acts as superdaemon• No clever tricks required. Just send it a HUP signal

4.
• Better SQL::Abstract• More or less the same API• Internals are cleaner, so easier to extend

5.
• Bring up mysqld instance for testing• With ease, too!• There’s also a Test::postgresql