My New Show - <Code><Br>

For a while now I've been kicking around the idea of doing a live stream.

From: Raymond Camden

I'm a Java Champion

My career journey and how I became a Java Champion.

From: Dan Vega

Generating Secure URL Signatures To Prevent Tampering In ColdFusion

Ben Nadel demonstrates how to generate secure URLs using URL signatures in order to prevent URL tampering in ColdFusion....

From: Ben Nadel

Using GenAI to Classify an Image as a Photo, Screenshot, or Meme

File this under the "I wasn't sure if it would work and it did" category.

From: Raymond Camden

Define Your Email Content Using Pure Templates In ColdFusion

Ben Nadel demonstrates why defining emails using pure templates creates a lot of flexibility in ColdFusion....

From: Ben Nadel

You Should Attend theJam.dev 2024!

Next week, a very cool, and very free, online event is being held by the fine folks at Certified Fresh Events, theJam.

From: Raymond Camden

Working Code Podcast - Episode 162: Not Enough Time

Ben Nadel and the crew talk about strategies for managing the overwhelming amount of stuff that we have to do in a finite amount of time....

From: Ben Nadel

Several things to consider when applying JVM updates

If you may learn there's a new Java update available, it may well be relatively simple for you to apply that update, but if you're running important applications that rely on Java, it's in your interest to give some consideration to various matters related to doing such an update.

From: Charlie Arehart - Server Troubleshooting

New updates released for Java 8, 11, 17, and 21 as of Jan 16 2024: resources and thoughts

It's that time again: there are new JVM updates released today (Jan 16, 2024) for the current long-term support (LTS) releases of Oracle Java, 8, 11, 17, and 21.

From: Charlie Arehart - Server Troubleshooting

Using Drag/Drop in Alpine.js with PDF Embed

Drag and drop support in JavaScript is probably two to three hundred years old now (plus or minus a few years), but I use it rarely enough such that when I need it, I run over to MDN's article on it as a quick refresher.

From: Raymond Camden

What is Developer Relations and How do you define Developer Advocacy?

In this article, I'll provide an overview of Developer Relations (DevRel) and guide you on how to get started. If you're considering this as a potential career, I hope to inform and inspire you.

From: Dan Vega

Timeboxing Code Execution In ColdFusion

Ben Nadel demonstrates several ways to create an abstraction for timeboxed code execution in ColdFusion....

From: Ben Nadel

Links For You

Hello friends.

From: Raymond Camden

Using Per-Application Mappings To Alias Files In ColdFusion

Ben Nadel demonstrates that per-application mappings in ColdFusion can map directly to files, not just directories....

From: Ben Nadel

Consuming Large Configuration Files Inside A ColdFusion Component

Ben Nadel looks at how to consume large external configuration files inside a ColdFusion component....

From: Ben Nadel

Working Code Podcast - Episode 161: Goals For 2024

Ben Nadel and the crew talk about their goals for 2024. And, invite you to submit suggestions on how the show can be improved....

From: Ben Nadel

Lessons Learned From Sending 7 Million Emails In 5 Days Using ColdFusion

Ben Nadel shares everything he learned after sending 7 million emails over 5 days using ColdFusion....

From: Ben Nadel

Using Cloudflare Turnstile reCAPTCHA-Alternative In ColdFusion

Ben Nadel looks at using Cloudflare Turnstile in ColdFusion as a CAPTCHA alternative....

From: Ben Nadel

Using AI and PDF Services to Automate Document Summaries

I first discovered Diffbot way back in 2021 when I built a demo of their APIs for the Adobe Developer blog ("Natural Language Processing, Adobe PDF Extract, and Deep PDF Intelligence").

From: Raymond Camden