
Copying AWS EC2 Tags to EBS Using PowerShell
These days when creating an EC2 instance in the AWS console UI, by default, the tags are duplicated across Elastic Block Service (EBS) and Elastic Network Interface (ENI) attached resources being created.
From: Chris Tierney

Using Speech Synthesis and Recognition with Alpine.js
Recently, I worked on two interesting (imho!) articles for our blog at work on integrating web APIs with the Adobe PDF Embed API.
From: Raymond Camden
Listen For Stimulus Custom Events Outside Of Hotwire
Ben Nadel demonstrates that custom Stimulus events are "native" events; and, can be listened to outside of the Hotwire application....
From: Ben Nadel
Using navigator.sendBeacon() To Publish Analytics Back To ColdFusion
Ben Nadel demonstrates how to use the navigator.sendBeacon() method to publish analytics data efficiently and predictably back to the ColdFusion server....
From: Ben Nadel

Links For You
Today's Links For You is a special one, not just because it's my birthday, but.
From: Raymond Camden
Using Public Class Fields To Bind Event Handlers In JavaScript
Ben Nadel demonstrates that Fat-Arrow functions can be used to define Class methods in JavaScript (by specifying them as public class properties)....
From: Ben Nadel
Using A Transient CSS Stylesheet To Remove Scrolling On Body While Modal Is Open
Ben Nadel demonstrates how to temporarily disable scrolling on the body by injecting and then removing a transient CSS stylesheet....
From: Ben Nadel

ColdFusion Summit East 2023 Recap
The 2023 CF Summit East Conference wrapped up yesterday — it was a fun, albeit short, trip. I’m already on a flight back hope; sadly no time for tourist things on this trip (tho my sushi dinner with Minh Vo yesterday was fantastic so I’ll take that as a win).
From: South of Shasta: Software Development, Web Design, Training

Poor Man’s Storage Data Wipe On Windows 10/11
The usual person in the tech industry will inevitably have a storage medium you “must” secure before letting it out of your possession.
From: Chris Tierney

Be Aware of Mura CMS Security Issues
Mura CMS was a popular open-source content management system (CMS) written in ColdFusion.
From: Chris Tierney

Working with CloudCannon and Eleventy - My Experience
I've been working with the Jamstack (in its various iterations and names) for many years now.
From: Raymond Camden
Removing A CSS Stylesheet Removes Its Affect On The Document
Ben Nadel demonstrates that removing a CSS stylesheet also removes any CSS affects that it had on the active document....
From: Ben Nadel
CSS overscroll-behavior Only Affects Scroll Containers
Ben Nadel demonstrates that the overscroll-behavior CSS property only affects elements that actually have scrolling content....
From: Ben Nadel

My CF Summit East Schedule
Greetings from the Chicago Airport! I'm currently waiting on my flight that's been delayed several times. This place becomes even more of a zoo every time I'm here. Anyway, assuming they find a way to get me to DC before morning (cross your fingers!), I'll be speaking at the CF Summit East tomorrow.
From: South of Shasta: Software Development, Web Design, Training
Working Code Podcast - Episode 121: Ben's Testing Tribulations
Ben Nadel and the crew talk about the "what" of testing in programming. This was inspired by a set of tests that seemed to be extremely brittle....
From: Ben Nadel

WebC Updates in Eleventy - Looping
Last week I took a look at updates to WebC support in Eleventy, specifically if/else support.
From: Raymond Camden
Upgrade Angular and NG Material to version 15
I threw together this screencast about upgrading Angular from version 11 to version 15. My sample went way easier than our real app, but I cover some of the main issues we had especially around styling.
From: Jeffry Houser's Blog
Conway's Game Of Life In Hotwire And ColdFusion
Ben Nadel implements John Conway's Game of Life using Hotwire and ColdFusion....
From: Ben Nadel
Thought Experiment: Creating Single Use-Case Components In ColdFusion
Ben Nadel considers a thought experiment in which each individual action in an application is modeled as its own "Use Case" component in ColdFusion....
From: Ben Nadel

Why VideoTap is a Game-Changer for Content Creators: Convert Videos to Blog Posts in Minutes!
Are you a content creator who struggles to find enough time to produce written content alongside videos? Do you wish there was an easy way to transform your videos into compelling blog posts? Look no further than VideoTap!
From: Dan Vega

Awesome Algolia Updates (and some fixes here...)
I've been a huge fan, and user, of Algolia for a while now.
From: Raymond Camden
Getting FusionReactor User Experience Monitoring (UEM) To Play Nicely With Content Security Policy (CSP) In ColdFusion
Ben Nadel demonstrates how he got FusionReactor's User Experience Monitoring (UEM) to play nicely with his ColdFusion site's Content Security Policy (CSP)....
From: Ben Nadel
Working Code Podcast - Episode 120: Freelancing With Nolan Erck
Ben Nadel and the crew talk to Nolan Erck about how to start and maintain a successful software consulting career....
From: Ben Nadel

WebC Updates in Eleventy
It's been a little while since I've blogged about the Eleventy WebC feature, and that's good because just recently some nice little nuggets landed in the project.
From: Raymond Camden