I've made a very good living with ColdFusion consistently since I picked it up in 1997. There are now several really nice MVC frameworks for ColdFusion out there. If you've not used it in decades, it has a fully script-based syntax now, and there is a strong free CF engine (Lucee).<p>The newest integrations with AI are definitely interesting.<p>I've been pleasantly surprised to see some inklings of growth in CF adoption, though I'm comfortable saying that most new code in ANY language is going to be written with AI going forward.<p>With the latest PHP vulnerabilities - ColdFusion is actually a selling point: "Gee, it doesn't run 60+ percent of the internet, but it's actively maintained and can be configured to be secure."
I feel like Ben Forta just woke me up and it's 2002!
Still running a saas I built on Coldfusion/Lucee with a Vue frontend that I started in 2011 that supports myself and 2 employees.
I’m kind of blown away that there are still people out there using ColdFusion. Blast from the past.
ColdFusion has been maintained by Adobe since 2005. Apparently, they think there is future for it:<p><pre><code> ColdFusion Next is evolving into an AI-powered, cloud-native platform designed for modern business automation.
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See “Roadmap for Adobe ColdFusion 2026” for more details:
<a href="https://www.adobe.com/cc-shared/assets/pdf/products/coldfusion-family/cf-roadmap-document-2026.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://www.adobe.com/cc-shared/assets/pdf/products/coldfusi...</a>
The entire stack described in the post is the stuff of nightmares. ColdFusion, IIS on Windows Server, PHP. Things that make you wake up in a cold sweat.
Same! I have a huge soft spot for CF. It put a lot of food on my table in the early 2000’s. Then I switched to Java :-)
There is so much in this title alone that sounds like a time capsule from 1999...
Wayback Machine already has a copy. If the site does not load for you, try
<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20261026222905/https://www.gregoryalexander.com/blog/2026/10/23/is-php-quietly-running-on-your-coldfusion-server-how-to-check-and-remove-it" rel="nofollow">https://web.archive.org/web/20261026222905/https://www.grego...</a>
ColdFusion...now there's a name I haven't heard in some time.