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ColdFusion Alive
We help you keep ColdFusion Alive and Thriving in your job and programmer community. Discover practices, tools, techniques, tips, trends and what is new in the world of ColdFusion today. Brought to you by TeraTech: The ColdFusion experts.
Episodes
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144 Anxious about AI writing CF code (and how to overcome your fears) with Ray Camden
Show notes Anxious about AI writing code? Vibe-coded horror stories Skills Your coding style, steps and guardrails Alternative AI tasks if you don't want to let AI code Plan Test Review writing and code Ideation to overcome writers block Use your own judgment and sense Confidence in AI-generated...
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143 Semantic CF code search with JARVIS (No Arc Reactor Budget required) with Monte Chan
Show notes What if you could ask questions about your codebase and get answers instantly? Motivated by CodeQL by GitHub (Paid tool) "What if a new developer (or a CTO) could just ask the codebase 'where is the session timeout set?' and get a real answer instead of grepping for three hours?" "You...
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142 Moving to ColdFusion 2025: Cheers and Challenges with Charlie Arehart
Show notes Charlie, you always open Hidden Gems by saying there's more new stuff in a release than people ever realize. Looking back at CF2025, what's the one gem that surprised even you? Does this include hidden gems in CF 2026 (aka CF 2025 update 8)? ACF 2026 introduces native artificial...
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141 Into The Box 2025 ColdFusion conference (all the details) with Daniel Garcia
Daniel Garcia talks about "Into The Box 2025 ColdFusion conference (all the details)" in this episode of ColdFusion Alive Podcast with host Michaela Light. "…box Lang, we first officially announced it last year into the box the first beta of it. It's based, I'm gonna read the official marketing...
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140 BoxLang modern JVM language that runs CFML code (new CFML engine and much more) with Luis Majano and Brad Wood
Luis Majano and Brad Wood talk about "BoxLang modern JVM language that runs CFML code (new CFML engine and much more)" in this episode of ColdFusion Alive Podcast with host Michaela Light. "…BX is the acronym we use a lot like our file extensions are analogous to the cold fusion file extensions.…
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139 All About Adobe ColdFusion 2023 (Part 2: PDF, CCS, SSO, perf, security) with Mark Takata
Mark Takata talks about "All About Adobe ColdFusion 2023 (Part 2: PDF, CCS, SSO, perf, security)" in this episode of ColdFusion Alive Podcast with host Michaela Light. "…So we decided to build this thing called CCS central configuration server. And it runs at the command line, basically, and…
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138 All About Adobe ColdFusion 2023 (Part 1: containers, GCP, GraphQL, JWT) with Mark Takata
Mark Takata talks about "All About Adobe ColdFusion 2023 (Part 1: containers, GCP, GraphQL, JWT)" in this episode of ColdFusion Alive Podcast with host Michaela Light. "…So we support Google's version of Pub Sub. And it's fairly simple. You know, you've got a you've got someone creating a…
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137 ColdFusion Oracle Cloud Migration with MySQL (from VPS) with Scott Stroz
Scott Stroz talks about "ColdFusion Oracle Cloud Migration with MySQL (from VPS)" in this episode of ColdFusion Alive Podcast with host Michaela Light. "…And the difference between Oracle clouds version of the manage the managed MySQL database is that in Oracle Cloud, it's Enterprise Edition. So…
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136 Into The Box 2024 (all the details and speakers) with Jorge Reyes
Jorge Reyes talks about "Into The Box 2024 (all the details and speakers)" in this episode of ColdFusion Alive Podcast with host Michaela Light. "...But it's just those aha moments where, Hey, I didn't know you could do that. So you can actually, when you go back home and do your job, then you…
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135 Lucee Migration (8 CFML code moving tips) with Mike Chytráček
Mike Chytráček talks about "Lucee Migration (8 CFML code moving tips)" in this episode of ColdFusion Alive Podcast with host Michaela Light. "...but we had migrated everything over and all new clients went to Lucy all new applications went to Lucy. And within I'd say maybe two years, we had...
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134 ColdFusion Legacy app - Is a Refactor Better than a Rewrite? with Denny Springle
Denny Springle talks about "ColdFusion Legacy app - Is a Refactor Better than a Rewrite?" in this episode of ColdFusion Alive Podcast with host Michaela Light. "Refactoring is a way of taking in modernizing code that already exists, and bring it up to speed with generally modern best development...
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133 GitHub Copilot & AI-Assisted Coding (Unlocking ColdFusion's AI Potential) with Monte Chan
Monte Chan talks about "GitHub Copilot & AI-Assisted Coding (Unlocking ColdFusion's AI Potential)" in this episode of ColdFusion Alive Podcast with host Michaela Light. "It is an AI pair programming tool. So this helps test your programming that basically, there's another person but in this case…
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132 ColdFusion Hosting options with Dakota Clum and Ryan Brown
Dakota Clum and Ryan Brown talk about "ColdFusion Hosting options (what to consider when choosing a CF host)" in this episode of ColdFusion Alive Podcast with host Michaela Light. "……you shouldn't have to be trapped with one hosting option or one provider. So when we think about the AWS are the...
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131 Lucee 6 with Gert Franz, Charlie Arehart, Ben Nadel, Mark Drew, Zac Spitzer
Gert Franz, Charlie Arehart, Ben Nadel, Mark Drew, and Zac Spitzer talk about "Lucee 6" in this episode of ColdFusion Alive Podcast with host Michaela Light. "Welcome to the podcast. We're coming here live from CF camp in Munich, Germany. And we are going to be talking about Lucee 6, the new...
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130 Adobe CF Summit 2023 (ACF 2023, certification, annual releases and more) with Kishore Balakrishnan
Kishore Balakrishnan talks about "Adobe CF Summit 2023" in this episode of ColdFusion Alive Podcast, with host Michaela Light. "We're going to be talking about CF summit in Las Vegas and what's new and what you need to know about that." Show notes What are you looking forward to at CF Summit in…
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129 MASA ColdFusion CMS (new open source Content Manager) with Guust Nieuwenhuis
Guust Nieuwenhuis talks about "MASA ColdFusion CMS (new open source Content Manager)" in this episode of the ColdFusion Alive Podcast with host Michaela Light. "he's joining us to talk about MASA CMS, a new CMS launched about a year and a half ago. It's a fork out of the famous Muira CMS. And…
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128 Stopping API security hacks cold (using ColdFusion API Manager) with Mike Brunt
Mike Brunt talks about "Stopping API security hacks cold (using ColdFusion API Manager)" in this episode of the ColdFusion Alive Podcast with host Michaela Light. "We're going to be talking about API security and ColdFusion, which you may not have considered. This is a whole other attack service...
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127 Modernizing ColdFusion apps (through evolution, not revolution) with Guust Nieuwenhuis
Guust Nieuwenhuis talks about "Modernizing ColdFusion apps (through evolution, not revolution)" in this episode of the ColdFusion Alive Podcast with host Michaela Light. "We're going to be talking about modernizing your legacy ColdFusion apps through evolution and not revolution. And we'll…
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126 Revealing FusionReactor 9 (ColdFusion Monitoring New Tools) with David Tattersall
David Tattersall talks about "Revealing FusionReactor 9 (ColdFusion Monitoring New Tools)" in this episode of the ColdFusion Alive Podcast with host Michaela Light. "We're going to be talking about the amazing new features in fusion reactor nine, for making your cold fusion apps run fast and not...
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125 State CF Union survey analysis (part 3: Community, Deployment and Wrapup) with Gavin Pickin
Gavin Pickin talks about "State CF Union survey analysis (part 3: Community, Deployment and Wrapup)" in this episode of the ColdFusion Alive Podcast with host Michaela Light. "…Last time, we got to question 27. Now we're in the whole section around ColdFusion community, which I know it's…
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124 gitStream (Way Faster ColdFusion Git Merging) with Luke Kilpatrick
Luke Kilpatrick talks about "gitStream (Way Faster ColdFusion Git Merging)" in this episode of the ColdFusion Alive Podcast with host Michaela Light. "We'll talk about cool things you can do with Git to speed up your whole merge process using a new tool called Git stream." Show notes What is Git?...
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123 State CF Union survey analysis (part 2) with Gavin Pickin
Gavin Pickin talks about "State of CF Union Survey Analysis (part 2)" in this episode of ColdFusion Alive Podcast with host Michaela Light. "we're going to be doing our second part on the state of the ColdFusion survey results. And we've got some very interesting data that we found we've done…
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122 CFWheels ColdFusion Framework (new structure and features), with Peter Amiri
Peter Amiri talks about "CFWheels ColdFusion Framework (new structure and features)" in this episode of ColdFusion Alive Podcast with host Michaela Light. "...CFwheels is another ColdFusion framework. And it was originally modeled after Ruby on Rails. So if you remember back in the early 2000s,...
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121 How to Get Your Next Ideal CF Job (using LinkedIn, Resume, GitHub), with Doug McCaughan
Doug McCaughan talks about "How to Get Your Next Ideal CF Job (using LinkedIn, Resume, GitHub)" in this episode of ColdFusion Alive Podcast with host Michaela Light. "...the company pivoted away from ColdFusion. And suddenly, after 12 years, you're like, Oh, dear, I need to get a job..." Show…
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120 How is CFML Speed vs Other Languages? (Hint: really fast!), with Brad Wood
Brad Wood talks about "How is CFML speed vs other languages? (Hint: really fast!)" in this episode of ColdFusion Alive Podcast with host Michaela Light. "...It is freaking awesome is it to see CFML (both Lucee and Adobe) blowing the pants off other popular web frameworks. I think this sort of...
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119 State of CF Union Survey 2022 Results In Depth Analysis Part 1 (14 cool ColdFusion, Database and Frameworks insights) with Gavin Pickin
Gavin Pickin talks about "State of CF Union Survey 2022 Results In-Depth Analysis Part 1 (14 cool ColdFusion, Database and Frameworks insights)" in this episode of ColdFusion Alive Podcast with host Michaela Light. "...so far right now, you know, we see 60% of people are using a supported...
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118 Into The Box ColdFusion Conference 2022 (new details revealed) with Gavin Pickin
Gavin Pickin talks about "Into The Box ColdFusion Conference 2022 (new details revealed) " in this episode of ColdFusion Alive Podcast with host Michaela Light. "...That's the thing is, you know, with the conference, it's a great way to have a look at a lot of different things. And you know,...
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117 ACF and Lucee roundtable (Part 3 - future CFML) with Charlie Arehart, Gert Franz, Mark Drew and Ben Nadel
Charlie Arehart, Gert Franz, Mark Drew and Ben Nadel talk about "ACF and Lucee roundtable (Part 3 - future CFML)" in this episode of ColdFusion Alive Podcast, with host Michaela Light. Show notes Where do you see CFML (ACF and Lucee) in the next 5 years Future Features we want to add Features we...
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116 Lucee 6 release features, behind-the-scenes with Zac Spitzer
Zac Spitzer talks about "Lucee 6 Release Features, Behind-the-Scenes " in this episode of the ColdFusion Alive podcast with host Michaela Light. "I'm here with Zac Spitzer from the Lucee Association Switzerland along with some other organizations that I'll tell you about later. And we're going to...
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115 ACF and Lucee roundtable (Part 2) with Charlie Arehart, Gert Franz, Mark Drew and Ben Nadel
Charlie Arehart, Gert Franz, Mark Drew and Ben Nadel talk about "ACF and Lucee roundtable (Part 2)" in this episode of the CF Alive Podcast, with host Michaela Light. Show notes Part 2 ideas Docs (links below): much more than just CFML Reference, for both ACF...
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114 Are your Database Relationships in a Rut with Dave Ferguson
Dave Ferguson talks about "Are your Database Relationships in a Rut?" in this episode of the CF Alive Podcast, with host Michaela Light. Show notes CF Rut? Don't get stuck in a CFer rut Just because you have always done Try new ways too Hence trying different approaches Definition of "insanity"...
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113 ACF and Lucee roundtable with Charlie Arehart, Gert Franz, Mark Drew and Ben Nadel
Charlie Arehart, Gert Franz, Mark Drew and Ben Nadel talk about "ACF and Lucee roundtable" in this episode of the CF Alive Podcast, with host Michaela Light. Show notes Ease of programming in CFML Modern CFML cfscript very similar to JavaScript on front end and server side Objects, closures…
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112 4 Cool CF books with author Luis Majano
Luis Majano talks about "4 Cool CF books" in this episode of the CF Alive Podcast, with host Michaela Light. Show notes Learn Modern CFML in 100 minutes Why wrote Started by Mike Hanky 100 minutes of CF on GitHub but not completed Inspired by Ruby in 100 mins Luis asked to complete the CF book…
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111 CFCasts Behind the Scenes with Eric Peterson
Eric Peterson talks about "CFCasts Behind the Scenes" in this episode of the CF Alive Podcast, with host Michaela Light. Show notes What is CFCasts Netflix for ColdFusion Free and paid levels Why should every CFer check out CFCasts CFML-based tutorials Full-stack content (CFML, JavaScript,...
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110 CommandBox Workflow magic (modules to speed up CF development) with Brad Wood
Brad Wood talks about "CommandBox Workflow magic (modules to speed up CF development)" in this episode of the CF Alive Podcast, with host Michaela Light. Show notes Why use Workflows in your CF coding? You probably already do use workflows if you don't call them that Eg source control steps...
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109 Meet the Adobe ColdFusion Evangelist (CF AMA) with Mark Takata
Mark Takata talks about "Meet the Adobe ColdFusion Evangelist (CF AMA)" in this episode of the CF Alive Podcast, with host Michaela Light. Show notes What is a "CF evangelist"? What do you do Tech evangelist vs support/sales evangelist Mark from tech background → tech evangelist Dev experiences…
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108 Adobe ColdFusion Dev Week 2021 Revealed with Kishore Balakrishnan
Kishore Balakrishnan talks about "Adobe ColdFusion Dev Week 2021 Revealed" in this episode of the CF Alive Podcast, with host Michaela Light. Show notes What exactly is CF Dev Week 3 days of online CF goodness 8 sessions per day over several timezone, with breaks during the day to keep up with…
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107 ColdFusion 2021 Revealing Details on How it was Created with Rakshith Naresh
Rakshith Naresh talks about "ColdFusion 2021 Revealing Details on How it was Created" in this episode of the CF Alive Podcast, with host Michaela Light Show notes Today we talk about some of the challenges the Adobe CF team overcomed with corona virus lockdowns In India and the complexities of...
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106 Adobe CF Summit 2020 (What to Expect) with Kishore Balakrishnan
Kishore Balakrishnan talks about "Adobe CF Summit 2020 (What to Expect)" in this episode of the CF Alive Podcast, with host Michaela Light Episode Highlights What exactly is CF Summit? One place where all CF devs, designers, decision-makers and thought leaders come together Meet the CF engineers…
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105 CFML Open Source Learning with John Farrar
John Farrar talks about "CFML Open Source Learning" in this episode of the CF Alive Podcast, with host Michaela Light Show notes OLS (Open Learning Server), why another learning solution? Why coding in ColdFusion? CFML Lucee and ACF Containers let you host CF apps on any cloud ISP (Google, AWS,...
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104 CFer Mental Helpers (Stay Sane during Crises) with Jeff Kunkel
Jeff Kunkel talks about "CFer Mental Helpers (Stay Sane during Crises)" in this episode of the CF Alive Podcast, with host Michaela Light. Show notes Why now In normal times, 20% of Americans have mental illness every year (APA) Now in lockdown and economic depression, it is >60% ill 30% clinical...
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103 Cool Lucee CFML (GigaBytes file parsing and more) with Gert Franz
Gert Franz talks about "Cool Lucee CFML (GigaBytes file parsing and more)" in this episode of the CF Alive Podcast, with host Michaela Light. Show notes Why are you using Lucee at DistroKid Fast, Secure, Scalable with cloud Node → Lucee Bitbucket pipelines CommandBox TDD AWS autoscaling Tell us...
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102 ColdFusion in Biz (the Latest Trends in CF consulting) with Joby John
Joby John talks about "ColdFusion in Biz (the Latest Trends in CF consulting)" in this episode of the CF Alive Podcast, with host Michaela Light. Show notes Biz side of CF Hiring CF developers Attitude is key Skills can be learned Training new people on CF - out of college or from other languages...
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101 CF Summit India 2019 Revealed with Adobe's Kishore Balakrishnan
Kishore Balakrishnan talks about "CF Summit India 2019 Revealed" in this episode of the CF Alive Podcast, with host Michaela Light. Show notes What exactly is CF Summit India? Started in 2018 For people who can't travel to the US or Europe from Asia CF Summit West in Las Vegas 8th year Expecting...
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100 CF Alive (Revolution Retrospective) with Nolan Erck and Michaela Light
Nolan Erck talks about "CF Alive (Revolution Retrospective) " in this episode of the CF Alive Podcast, with host Michaela Light. Show notes What is the CF Alive revolution Making ColdFusion Modern, Vibrant and Secure! MCFGA ColdFusion is a vibrant and modern language for complex, data-driven...
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099 CF Camp 2019 (Everything CFML) with Kai Koenig and Mitchi Hnat
Kai Koenig and Mitchi Hnat talk about "CF Camp 2019 (Everything CFML)" in this episode of the CF Alive Podcast, with host Michaela Light. "...So there's an interesting German saying basically that is basically in German it's called like, Ooh, in telecom shown, so literally means efficient later.…
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098 Adobe CF Summit West 2019 (All that is new) with Kishore Balakrishnan
Kishore Balakrishnan talks about "Adobe CF Summit West 2019 (All that is new) with Kishore Balakrishnan" in this episode of the CF Alive Podcast, with host Michaela Light. "...all the ColdFusion developers, that's one place where you get to meet the actual ColdFusion developers who develop the...
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097 State of the CF Union 2019 Survey, with Brad Wood (in-depth analysis)
The final results for the 2019 State of the CF Union survey are out. Thanks to all the CFers who filled it out this year. Discover what most developers use for tools, languages, database and development methods. Before we begin with the results, we'd like to thank everyone who participated and...
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096 Adobe ColdFusion 2020 Roadmap (Multi-cloud, micro-services and more), with Ashish Garg
Ashish Garg talks about "Adobe ColdFusion 2020 Roadmap (Multi-cloud, micro-services and more), with Ashish Garg" in this episode of the CF Alive Podcast, with host Michaela Light. Show notes ColdFusion Future PM → VM → Cloud → Containers → Serverless What will make CF take off more CF 2020 Vision…
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095 ColdFusion CommandBox vs Node.js (Dev Feature shootout), with Nolan Erck
Nolan Erck talks about "ColdFusion CommandBox vs Node.js (Dev Feature shootout)" in this episode of the CF Alive Podcast, with host Michaela Light. Show notes The myth that JS has all the cool tools and CF is dying Node.js has lots of cool dev tools CommandBox What is Node.js JavaScript based...
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