Modernize or Die® Podcast - SoapBox Edition

In technology, you need to modernize or die, and in this podcast, we take you behind the scenes in the ColdFusion community to talk with the leaders, to find out what they are doing to push the language forward, with tools, frameworks, modules, lessons and best practices.

Last refreshed: July 29th, 2025 at 12:05 AM ⓘ

Follow this podcast in the Metacast mobile app to refresh it and see new episodes.

Follow on

Apple Podcasts

Spotify

RSS

Podcasts are better in Metacast mobile app

Don't just listen to podcasts. Learn from them with transcripts, summaries, and chapters for every episode. Skim, search, and bookmark insights. Learn more

Episodes

ColdBox Anniversary Edition with Luis Majano

Jorge and Luis host this episode. Luis talks about the 15th anniversary of ColdBox and how Ortus as a company has shaped itself throughout the years alongside ColdBox. Additionally, he talks about how the views of the company have matured over the years and how casting his vision has helped him achieve his goals. Luis highlights the last 5 years as being the most formalized and active years in the company Jorge and Luis discuss the importance of Patreons and how Ortus is helping the ColdFusion c...

Jan 18, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 11

ColdBox Anniversary Edition with Jon Clausen

Luis and Jon host this episode. Jon speaks about his introduction to ColdBox as he was trying to modernize a legacy application. He stuck with the framework since the structure and the modularization made him a better developer. They speak about the importance of Open Source and the benefits that come with having a huge community that’s constantly giving ideas and having code that one can adapt for their needs. The next big thing Jon looks forward to inside ColdBox is asynchronous programming as...

Jan 11, 2022•38 min•Ep. 10

Soapbbox - ColdBox Anniversary Edition with Brad Wood

Luis and Brad host this episode. Brad talks about his experience with Coldbox and how with his previous company they chose it as their new framework thanks to the great amount of documentation present for it. He also talks about how interceptors have become a game changer to shift towards event based programming. The integration of an async manager that would allow Java libraries in Coldfusion is something Brad is excited about as it would bring a whole new path of options to go through. Luis an...

Nov 11, 2021•57 min•Ep. 9

SoapBox Relaunch - ColdBox Anniversary Edition with Eric Peterson

Luis and Eric host this episode. They talk about celebrating the 15 year anniversary since the release of ColdBox and the various iterations and features that have been added over time. Eric talks about his favorite thing inside ColdBox other than modules and his excitement for the addition of Async programming in the future for ColdFusion and ColdBox. Eric tells the tale of his journey from being a system analyst to a programmer and how the introduction of ColdFusion and eventually ColdBox chan...

Oct 07, 2021•49 min•Ep. 8

MoD® - SoapBox Ep 7 - Charlie Arehart - Zero to 60 with Adobe CF Docker Images

Watch full video online on YouTube - https://youtu.be/_iasxoqAreY What’s the best way to get a hold of Charlie? Charlie’s Twitter - https://twitter.com/carehart Charlie’s Website https://www.carehart.org/ Charlie’s CF411 site of ~2,000 tools/resources http://cf411.com/ Blog - Come learn about getting started with CF Docker images at CF Summit 2019 https://www.carehart.org/blog/client/index.cfm/2019/8/15/come_learn_about_getting_started_with_CF_Docker_images_CF_Summit_2019 Link to CF Summit PreCo...

Sep 16, 2019•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 7

MoD® - SoapBox Ep 6 - Sam Knowlton - Betting the business on Modern CFML

Interview with Sam Knowlton - Betting the business on Modern CFML View the Video Version on YouTube https://youtu.be/4JtTV3Plb64 Questions answered in this episode When did you start working with ColdFusion? When did you do before working with ColdFusion? Why did we ask you to speak at ITB Let’s do the Slideshow Tell us more about InLeague Tell us about the apps - technology and architecture What’s the best way to get a hold of you? Sam’s Twitter - https://twitter.com/mordantwastrel InLeague web...

Aug 15, 2019•38 min•Ep. 6

MoD® - SoapBox Ep 5 - Brian Klaas - Undifferentiated heavy lifting with AWS

Interview with Brian Klass - Undifferentiated heavy lifting with AWS View the Video Version on YouTube https://youtu.be/ZJ4fbaQQbaE Questions answered in this episode When did you start working with ColdFusion? When did you do before working with ColdFusion? Why are you using AWS with ColdFusion? What was the first thing you started using AWS for? What types of things are you doing in AWS? Video Pipelines Transcription and Translation Step functions How many developers in your Team? Who does the...

Aug 08, 2019•43 min•Ep. 5

MoD® - SoapBox Ep 4 - Pete Freitag - Security Consulting and Products

Video form available on YouTube - https://youtu.be/Gszald5wHXM Find out more about Pete, Foundeo and their products Pete’s Twitter - https://twitter.com/pfreitag Foundeo’s Twitter - https://twitter.com/foundeo Foundeo website - https://foundeo.com/ Fixinator.app - https://fixinator.app/ Cfdocs.org - https://cfdocs.org/ ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★...

Jun 06, 2019•31 min•Ep. 4

Hosted on Transistor

For the best experience, listen in Metacast app for iOS or Android