The discussion centers on ColdFusion’s continued use and the possibility of PHP running alongside it on older servers. kmanlives argues that ColdFusion remains a viable, actively maintained platform, pointing to MVC frameworks, the free Lucee engine, script-based syntax, and new AI integrations. They see its limited popularity as a potential security selling point compared with PHP, which they say has faced recent vulnerabilities. Another commenter notes Adobe’s ongoing maintenance and a roadmap focused on AI and cloud-native development. A long-time ColdFusion user also says a ColdFusion/Lucee SaaS application continues to support a small business.
Other commenters react with nostalgia or surprise, associating ColdFusion with the late 1990s and early 2000s; one recalls switching from it to Java, while another jokes that the stack needs Flash or Shockwave to complete its time-capsule feel. Some describe the combination of ColdFusion, Windows Server, IIS, and PHP as alarming. The divide is between those who see ColdFusion as an obsolete relic and those who regard it as a useful, maintained niche technology with real production deployments. One commenter also questions whether “fully script-based” syntax is a meaningful modern development, recalling that ColdFusion already seemed to offer that decades ago.
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