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Cristobal Escobar | March 09, 2026
Hotfix Hell: Why Legacy ColdFusion Systems Become Operationally Fragile

Many legacy CFML systems do not fail suddenly.

Instead, they slowly become fragile.

At first, the application works. Then small operational issues start appearing: unexpected slowdowns, random restarts, patches applied late at night, fixes that introduce new bugs.

Eventually teams find themselves trapped in what many engineers call “hotfix hell.”

This pattern is common in environments still running:

  • Adobe ColdFusion 2021 or earlier<

Introducing the BoxLang IDE Plugin for IntelliJ

Eric Peterson |  March 06, 2026

The IntelliJ ecosystem is one of the most powerful development environments for JVM developers. Today, we’re excited to introduce the official BoxLang IDE plugin for IntelliJ, bringing modern BoxLang development directly into the JetBrains IDE family.

Whether you're building new BoxLang applications or maintaining existing CFML codebases, this plugin gives you first-class tooling inside IntelliJ.

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BoxLang Is Heading to JavaLand 2026! 🚀

Maria Jose Herrera |  March 06, 2026

We’re excited to announce that the team behind BoxLang will be attending JavaLand 2026 as Startup Sponsors!

From March 10–12, 2026, the Java community will gather at Europa-Park for one of the most unique and immersive developer conferences in Europe. With nearly 130 presentations across multiple tracks, workshops, and community activities, JavaLand brings together developers, architects, and technology leaders from across the JVM ecosystem.

For the BoxLang team, this is a fantastic opportunity to connect with the Java community and continue our mission: modernizing software development on the JVM while empowering developers with productive, flexible tools.

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The CFML Talent Gap Is Real: Scale Your ColdFusion Team Without Hiring Full-Time

Cristobal Escobar |  March 06, 2026

ColdFusion applications still power critical systems across industries.

From universities and healthcare platforms to financial services and enterprise internal tools, CFML continues to run many systems organizations depend on every day.

But there’s a growing challenge many teams are quietly facing:

Finding experienced CFML developers is getting harder.

And when internal teams are already stretched thin, even small projects or performance issues can quickly turn ...

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Discover the tools, tricks, and techniques every modern CFML and BoxLang developer needs!

Victor Campos |  March 05, 2026

Into the Box 2026 is officially on the horizon, and it’s shaping up to be our most impactful conference yet.

Our mission this year is simple: **Make modernization approachable for everyone.** Whether you’re a seasoned ColdFusion veteran or a developer just starting your BoxLang journey, we’ve priced this event to ensure the entire community can join us in person.

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From Lucee to Modern JVM Architectures for German Enterprises

Cristobal Escobar |  March 04, 2026

How German companies running Lucee and CFML can evolve toward cloud-native JVM platforms

Across Germany, many enterprises rely on Lucee and CFML-based applications to run critical internal systems, customer portals, and business workflows.

Germany has one of the most active Lucee communities in Europe, supported by long-standing adoption of CFML across industries such as:

  • Manufacturing
  • Logistics
  • <...
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BoxLang 1.11.0 Release

Luis Majano |  March 04, 2026

We're proud to announce BoxLang 1.11.0, a highly focused performance and stability release that delivers measurable speed improvements across every BoxLang application, with zero code changes required. The team invested deeply in bytecode generation, class loading, lock management, and type casting to produce one of the most impactful runtime optimization releases to date. Alongside the performance wave, this release resolves critical concurrency bugs, hardens DateTime handling, and ships powerful new developer tooling.

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Ortus & BoxLang Feb Recap 2026

Victor Campos |  March 03, 2026

This month in the Ortus Solutions ecosystem was marked by major releases, enhancements to core tools like BoxLang and ColdBox, and strategic content focused on modernization, security, performance, and team optimization.

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What If the JVM Felt Lightweight Again?

Cristobal Escobar |  March 02, 2026

For two decades, the JVM has powered some of the most important systems in the world...

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SocketBox: Security, Authentication, and Authorization

Jacob Beers |  February 27, 2026

Welcome back to our series on SocketBox the premier WebSocket module for CommandBox and the BoxLang runtime!

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