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rebeccapowell • yesterday at 11:19 PM • 5 replies • view on HN

I’m kind of blown away that there are still people out there using ColdFusion. Blast from the past.

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cloudbonsai • today at 12:58 AM

ColdFusion has been maintained by Adobe since 2005. Apparently, they think there is future for it:

    ColdFusion Next is evolving into an AI-powered, cloud-native platform designed for modern business automation.
See “Roadmap for Adobe ColdFusion 2026” for more details: https://www.adobe.com/cc-shared/assets/pdf/products/coldfusi...
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denkmoon • today at 12:29 AM

The entire stack described in the post is the stuff of nightmares. ColdFusion, IIS on Windows Server, PHP. Things that make you wake up in a cold sweat.

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rmason • today at 3:44 AM

ColdFusion has a very lively community and there are two open-source versions: Lucee and BoxLang. The language has also stayed very modern and something like two thirds of the Fortune 500 are using it. Also there are a few well-known startups like DistroKid using it.

emacdona • yesterday at 11:25 PM

Same! I have a huge soft spot for CF. It put a lot of food on my table in the early 2000’s. Then I switched to Java :-)