Every conference is more than just what happens on stage, it’s also about the people working behind the scenes to bring it all together.

Now that the first wave of sessions and workshops for Into the Box 2026 is officially live, we’re thrilled to spotlight some of the speakers who will be part of this year’s experience. From longtime community contributors to hands-on practitioners and members of the Ortus team, this group brings decades of practical expertise in CFML, BoxLang, JVM modernization, testing, AI, and cloud-native development.

We are excited to announce a major new addition to BoxLang Academy: the 7-part video series, Building AI on the JVM: A BoxLang AI Series

Artificial Intelligence is no longer a distant frontier, it’s a core requirement for modern enterprise software. But for JVM developers, the path to integration has often been fragmented. That ends today. With the launch of this s...

If you've been watching the AI-assisted development wave from the sidelines, wondering when it would actually matter for your ColdBox HMVC stack — the wait is over. The latest ColdBox CLI release ships a brand-new ai namespace that transforms how you and your team interact with coding agents like Claude, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Codex, OpenCode, Gemini and many more.

This isn't a chatbot integration or a prompt template sitting in a README. This is a full framework-aware AI system built directly into your development workflow.