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BoxLang’s First 11 Months: Explosive Growth, Developer Empowerment, and the Return of Dynamic Languages! 🚀

Victor Campos |  May 27, 2026

BoxLang: The Return of the Dynamic Language!

At Into the Box 2026, Ortus Solutions opened the keynote with one of the biggest milestones in recent years: the rapid evolution of 

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Introducing bx-jwt: Enterprise-Grade JSON Web Tokens for BoxLang 🔐

Luis Majano |  May 22, 2026

JWT authentication is everywhere. But rolling it correctly — with proper algorithm enforcement, key management, clock skew handling, JWE encryption, and zero security footguns — is anything but trivial. Today, we're shipping bx-jwt, a production-ready JWT/JWE module for BoxLang that handles all of it out of the box, so you can focus on building, not fighting cryptography.

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What “Modernize or Die” Really Means in 2026

Cristobal Escobar |  May 22, 2026

“Modernize or Die” is not about forcing teams into MVC, chasing trends, or rewriting every CFML application from scratch. It means making sure your applications, teams, and processes can survive the future: easier to maintain, test, secure, deploy, document, hire for, and evolve. In 2026, modernization is less about adopting the newest pattern and more about reducing business risk, protecting the value already built into your systems, and ensuring CFML applications remain credible, sustai...

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Into the Box 2026: Day 2 Keynote Highlights 🎉

Victor Campos |  May 14, 2026

🎤 ITB 2026: Keynote Day 2 Recap!

Day 2 of Into the Box 2026 shifted the spotlight from platform innovation to real-world impact showing how organizations are using the Ortus Solutions ecosystem to modernize massive systems, scale businesses, and embrace AI-driven development.

From enterprise mig...

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🚀 Into the Box 2026: Keynote Day 1 Recap

Victor Campos |  May 13, 2026

ITB 2026 Keynote Day 1 Recap

Into the Box 2026

The opening keynote at Into the Box 2026 showcased the next major leap in the Ortus Solutions ecosystem—bringing together AI-native development, modern JVM architecture, and a deeply upgraded developer experience across the stack.

From ColdBox to ...

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🔎 Introducing bx-meilisearch: Blazing-Fast Search for BoxLang Applications

Luis Majano |  May 12, 2026

Search is one of those features that can make or break an application. Users expect it to be instant, forgiving of typos, and smart about relevance. Building that experience from scratch is a significant investment. That is exactly why we built bx-meilisearch — a BoxLang-native module that puts the full power of Meilisearch at your fingertips with a fluent, chainable DSL that feels right at home in any BoxLang application.

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Intro to the BoxLang Formatter ✨

Luis Majano |  May 12, 2026

You know the drill. Someone opens a PR and half the review comments are about tabs vs spaces, where braces go, or why that one function has its arguments formatted differently from everything else. It's noise. And it's over.

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