Five Reasons to Learn CF in 2019
I am happy to present Five Reasons to Learn CF in 2019. I’m trying to be honest here, but you may find some bias because I love Coldfusion. There, I confessed. Read on!
Blog Entries
Hello World in Coldfusion
Now that you’ve read my Why Coldfusion? post (you HAVE, right?), let’s do a simple Hello World just to try some sample CF code.
Why CF?
In which I debate the merits of Coldfusion, that "dead" language which "nobody" uses.
Docker Compose Environments for Coldfusion Development
A basic Docker-Compose setup for continuous integration with Testbox, Lucee, Commandbox, and MariaDB.
Testbox Caching in Bitbucket Pipelines
A failed attempt at speeding up my testbox pipeline using Bitbucket Pipelines.
Continuous (Coldfusion) Integration with Testbox and Bitbucket Pipelines
The Continuous Integration (CI) guide for Coldfusion I wish I had two years ago.
Four Things That Make Great Developers Great
What is the difference between mediocre developers and great developers?
Writing an Int To Time Function for MySQL
When you have dates stored like "100" and "930", what is one to do?
How to authenticate via JWT in Postman
Using Postman for API testing? Here's how to set up a simple authentication script to easily save that jwt for later use.
Trimming TAB Characters in MySQL
Here's how you use MySQL's TRIM() function for non-space characters.
TIL: SSH Key Permissions Must Be Exact!
I just learned that if your private/public key files in ~/.ssh are not properly secured, the SSH service will refuse to acknowledge them.
How To Load Composer Packages from a VCS Repo
Another TIL short tip, this time on composer syntax for loading a custom package (or a non-registered package, or whatever the case may be) from version control.
Today I Learned: How to Convert a PPK Key File to OpenSSH Format
A coworker uses Putty to generate an SSH public/private keypair. Putty (wonderful little utility that it is) generates those files in a proprietary format / container file which must be unpacked to be usable by OpenSSH. Here's how to do that "unpacking" on Linux or OSX.
My Largest Solo Project
Someone asked me recently: "What's the largest project you've ever done?" The answer is easy: My year-long Node.JS capstone I wrote back when I was in school. I not-so-cleverly called it "BoomBox".
Installing a Wildcard SSL with Certbot
Using LetsEncrypt for wildcard SSL certs on my personal blog - yup, right here!
Firefox Bug: Flexbox Elements Won't Wrap to Next Page in Print
I was recently checking / correcting print styles on a client site, and I ran into this somewhat frustrating issue when printing from Firefox. Certain areas of the page would get cut off at the end of page 1 and never reappear on page 2. Obviously, this is not what users are looking for when they attempt to print a website.
TIL: How to use add_filter() in Wordpress
Using Wordpress' add_filter() function to override the login message on a custom login form built with Theme My Login.
Speeding Up CFDirectory in Coldfusion
In which I tangle with a poorly-programmed <cfdirectory> implementation and win.
TL;DR: Don't use <cfdirectory>, it's slow! But if you have to, use listinfo="name" so coldfusion only returns the file names, not other unnecessary attributes.
Beginning a phone call
What's worse - "Hey, uh, I can't acess the server" or "Hello. It's down again!" ? They're both equally bad ways to start a professional phone conversation. Read on!
How I Began Web Dev
The room was dark in the cold morning before everyone was up. Dad was in the cozy cloth swivel chair, while I stood beside him asking question after question about the code I saw in front of me. Dad explained how the code we saw on the screen was not the same code which the computer would execute - to do this, he explained binary language and machine language. I was six years old.