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Posts about Raku and Raku++ on andrewshitov.com, from the announcement on. The posts about the language itself are also published on dev.to as the series What you can do with Raku and Raku++.

What other people write about Raku++ is a different file: MENTIONS.md.

On andrewshitov.com

DatePostAbout
24 October 2026Raku Course updatesThe course now covers all three Raku compilers; the Learn Raku app for iOS and Android, with Raku++ built in as its playground; a Run button on every course page.
23 October 2026Raku as a foreign language and more: learn.raku.onlinelearn.raku.online, the learner-facing pages that came out of building Raku++: Raku as a foreign language, A Tour of Raku, Raku Drills, Raku by example, the Cookbook and Raku behind the Docs.
10 October 2026Better ways to install modules in Raku++rakupp install prog.raku installs the modules a program uses; rakupp install -r lib installs a folder of module files, with or without a META6.json.
9 October 2026Raku++ on RISC-V and moreThe v5.3.0 release with a prebuilt RISC-V binary, tested on a Banana Pi BPI-F3, and the platforms Raku++ runs on.
3 October 2026Raku: a language where a value can have several values at once (Part 2)Junctions in grep, first and comparisons, with types and ranges, and FizzBuzz with 3 & 5.
3 October 2026Using Raku in PythonThe rakulang package on PyPI: Raku++ inside a Python program with no Raku engine installed, eval and call, and Raku grammars with their actions.
29 September 2026Raku++ v5.0.0 reaches 100.00% of RoastThe v5.0.0 release: 100.00% of Roast, the official Raku test suite.
17 September 2026Raku++ module managerThe v4.0.0 release, "Raku that travels", and the module manager that brought 1000 ecosystem modules to Raku++.
15 September 2026Raku: la lingua dove posso parlare italianoThe L10N modules: Raku keywords in Italian and other languages.
13 September 2026Raku: a language where a value can have several values at once (Part 1)Junctions.
11 September 2026Native GUI with RakuFull native GUIs written in Raku.
30 August 2026Raku: a language that counts to infinity (Part 2)Collecting values from infinite sequences with gather and take.
29 August 2026Early Raku++ adoptersWho is using Raku++ two months in.
16 August 2026Raku: a language that counts to infinity (Part 1)Infinite sequences.
12 August 2026What is Raku++An interpreter and a compiler in one binary.
5 August 2026Live coding in RakuThe "Live" checkbox on raku.online, with a recording of solving Weekly Challenge tasks.
30 July 2026Raku: a language that speaks UnicodeUnicode in Raku and Raku++, from Greek letters and math symbols on.
22 July 2026My Raku books onlineThe Raku books, readable in a browser with runnable examples.
20 July 2026Raku in a Browserraku.online and Raku.js, the Raku++ engine running standalone in a browser.
18 July 2026Raku: a Language Where 0.1 + 0.2 is 0.3Small but astonishing features of Raku, starting with exact rationals.
15 July 2026The Complete Course of the Raku Programming LanguageAll five parts of the course are written and published.
15 July 2026Raku++: The Long ReadThe long version of the story behind the announcement.
13 July 2026Raku++ — the fastest Raku compilerThe announcement.

On dev.to

The series What you can do with Raku and Raku++:

DateArticle
18 July 2026Raku: a language where 0.1 + 0.2 is 0.3
9 August 2026Raku: a language that speaks Unicode
16 August 2026Raku: a language that counts to infinity (Part 1)
30 August 2026Raku: a language that counts to infinity (Part 2)
13 September 2026Raku: a language where a value can have several values at once (Part 1)
15 September 2026Raku: la lingua dove posso parlare italiano
3 October 2026Raku: a language where a value can have several values at once (Part 2)