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Escaping ColdFusion Legacy Code Mordor and Entering the Realm of Modern CFML

June 17, 2025 By Michaela Light Leave a Comment

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We’ve all traversed the wasteland of legacy ColdFusion code, tangled paths of non-framework sprawl, shadowy duplicate scripts, and the Deadwood of unused functions. It’s a place where maintenance dies, bugs multiply like orcs, and deployment feels like crossing Mordor without a map. But take heart, weary traveler: there is a way out of the darkness, […]

Filed Under: Legacy Code, Modernize ColdFusion

Is Lucee CFML now better than ColdFusion?

December 3, 2025 By Michaela Light 2 Comments

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Lucee CFML and Adobe ColdFusion (ACF) are both powerful platforms for developing web applications using CFML. Lucee, an open-source alternative, offers a lightweight and cost-effective solution with improved performance and agile community-driven updates. On the other hand, Adobe ColdFusion, a commercial product, provides enterprise-grade features, comprehensive support, and a mature ecosystem, but at a higher […]

Filed Under: CFML Open- Source, CFML, Lucee

State of the CF Union 2022 Survey Raffle

January 17, 2025 By Michaela Light Leave a Comment

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Our goal was to increase the level of survey data from more CFers so we can all help make CF more alive this year! We are happy to share all the winners with the rest of you CFers. The winners were selected randomly via the Random Picking method in Google Spreadsheets. I didn’t want to […]

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4 Reasons WHY You Need to Hire a ColdFusion Consultant

October 25, 2025 By Michaela Light Leave a Comment

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ContentsIntroduction1. You Get Specialists and Generalists in One2. They’ll Tell You If Your App Is Broken—No Sugarcoating3. Experienced Consultants Have Seen It All4. Freelancers vs. Consulting Firms—Choose the Right FitWhy Partner with TeraTechFrequently Asked Questions About ColdFusion ConsultingFinal Thoughts Introduction If you’re wondering why you need a ColdFusion consultant, the answer is simple: they keep […]

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State of the CF Union survey analysis 2022

January 18, 2025 By Michaela Light Leave a Comment

The initial results of the 2022 State of CF Union Survey have some interesting info and graphs. Here is my initial analysis: Adobe CF 2018 is the most popular version, closely followed by Lucee CFML 5.3 and Adobe CF 2021 Adobe CF (all versions combined) continues to be more popular than Lucee (all versions combined) […]

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State of the CF Union 2022 Survey Results 8. – Wrap up

August 29, 2023 By Michaela Light Leave a Comment

Below are the results to date for the 2022 State of the CF Union survey. This is the eighth and the last part of the Survey, Wrap up which covers why you like/don’t like CF, your work, how you work and your comments. For those of you who don’t have time to read it now, […]

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State of the CF Union 2022 Survey Results 7. – Deployment

August 29, 2023 By Michaela Light Leave a Comment

Below are the results to date for the 2022 State of the CF Union survey. This is the seventh part of the Survey, about how you deploy, host, containizer, build and secure your CF apps. For those of you who don’t have time to read it now, here is a link to Download the PDF […]

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State of the CF Union 2022 Survey Results 6. – ColdFusion Community

August 29, 2023 By Michaela Light Leave a Comment

Below are the results to date for the 2022 State of the CF Union survey. This is the sixth part of the Survey, about the ColdFusion Community (all the places you learn and share about CF). For those of you who don’t have time to read it now, here is a link to Download the PDF and […]

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State of the CF Union 2022 Survey Results 5. – Your Programming Background

August 29, 2023 By Michaela Light Leave a Comment

Below are the results to date for the 2022 State of the CF Union survey. This is the fifth part of the Survey, about Your programming background and where you work. For those of you who don’t have time to read it now, here is a link to Download the PDF and read it later. […]

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State of the CF Union 2022 Survey Results 4. – Tools

January 17, 2025 By Michaela Light Leave a Comment

Below are the results to date for the 2022 State of the CF Union survey. This is the fourth part of the Survey, about Tools to speed up your CF development and make better apps. For those of you who don’t have time to read it now, here is a link to Download the PDF […]

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