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ColdFusion used to work this way: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_ColdFusion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_ColdFusion What surprised me is that when

ColdFusion used to work this way: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_ColdFusion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_ColdFusion What surprised me is that when I went to look at the Wikipedia page for CF, apparently its latest release was this year! I haven’t heard anybody mention it in a very long time.

CPLX 10mo ago
Apparently some here are quite active with it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46211559 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46211559 Also longtime internet celebrity and occasional HN poster Pud built the wildly successful Distrokid service with it.
freedomben 10mo ago
With how deeply embedded cold fusion was in many gigantic corporations I've worked with, I would not be surprised if it stays alive for decades to come because nobody ever can port off of it.
- bdcravens 10mo ago
  Don't remember the full context, but I heard a few years ago from Adobe that they could never sell another license to the private sector and government licenses would be self-sustaining.
bdcravens 10mo ago
I was active in the ColdFusion/CFML community for a long time, and still run some production code in it. It certainly isn't popular, but just carries on quietly, powering a lot of internal applications you'll never hear about. Many run the open source version of it (Lucee).
- tootubular 10mo ago
  Indeed it does. I maintain one such application while an in-progress rewrite develops. Gotta say, it's not been that bad and the Lucee docs have served me well, but for whatever reason I tend to be pleased/impressed by all kinds of tech, even when popular opinion is negative about it.
lisbbb 10mo ago
I worked at a major university that used ColdFusion. They had one guy furiously writing all these websites that were total one-offs. They didn't use source control. Every project was a copy of his original. If there was a bug, he had to update dozens of projects instead of maintaining common source across those dozens of sites. He was totally insane and making bank.
conception 10mo ago
Lucee took over and is still active (ish).
pjmlp 10mo ago
Same with Dreamweaver, many aren't aware it is still around. https://www.adobe.com/products/dreamweaver.html https://www.adobe.com/products/dreamweaver.html
Tostino 10mo ago
The company which bought my last startup, their main product (Trade Promotion Management tool) was in CF. Definitely a little talked about language, but it does get some use.
feketegy 10mo ago
Adobe has a whole lineup of enterprise products that people don't really read about. CF is deeply integrated into these products as well as other 3rd party enterprise products.

CPLX 10mo ago

Apparently some here are quite active with it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46211559 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46211559 Also longtime internet celebrity and occasional HN poster Pud built the wildly successful Distrokid service with it.

freedomben 10mo ago

With how deeply embedded cold fusion was in many gigantic corporations I've worked with, I would not be surprised if it stays alive for decades to come because nobody ever can port off of it.

bdcravens 10mo ago
Don't remember the full context, but I heard a few years ago from Adobe that they could never sell another license to the private sector and government licenses would be self-sustaining.

bdcravens 10mo ago

I was active in the ColdFusion/CFML community for a long time, and still run some production code in it. It certainly isn't popular, but just carries on quietly, powering a lot of internal applications you'll never hear about. Many run the open source version of it (Lucee).

tootubular 10mo ago
Indeed it does. I maintain one such application while an in-progress rewrite develops. Gotta say, it's not been that bad and the Lucee docs have served me well, but for whatever reason I tend to be pleased/impressed by all kinds of tech, even when popular opinion is negative about it.

lisbbb 10mo ago

I worked at a major university that used ColdFusion. They had one guy furiously writing all these websites that were total one-offs. They didn't use source control. Every project was a copy of his original. If there was a bug, he had to update dozens of projects instead of maintaining common source across those dozens of sites. He was totally insane and making bank.

conception 10mo ago

Lucee took over and is still active (ish).

pjmlp 10mo ago

Same with Dreamweaver, many aren't aware it is still around. https://www.adobe.com/products/dreamweaver.html https://www.adobe.com/products/dreamweaver.html

Tostino 10mo ago

The company which bought my last startup, their main product (Trade Promotion Management tool) was in CF. Definitely a little talked about language, but it does get some use.

feketegy 10mo ago

Adobe has a whole lineup of enterprise products that people don't really read about. CF is deeply integrated into these products as well as other 3rd party enterprise products.