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Diary of a (ColdFusion) Madman.

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ColdFusion Performance and Recursion - More Good News for … last year

In my last post (http://www.horwith.com/index.cfm/2010/12/17/coldfusion-performance-and-language-abstractions-railo-shines) I ran some simple code to test the efficiency of the ColdFusion compiler and runtime. Specifically, I was attempting to test w...
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ColdFusion Performance and Language Abstractions - Good … last year

Not too long ago I posted a few entries describing some of the features, changes, and improvements I'd like to see made to ColdFusion as well as some of my concerns/complaints (see http://www.horwith.com/index.cfm/2009/7/16/another-open-letter-to-the...
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Shortcut Evaluation and Lazy Programming last year

As I've said before, I like to spend what little free time I have programming in LISP for fun. Every programming language has at least a few "unique" features that the users of that language love and think is the best thing since sliced bread - in th...
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Happy Holidays! last year

It's a double-wammy today... celebrating both Diwali and Guy Fawkes Day. I imagine England's going to be very lit-up tonight. Happy holidays, everyone!
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Help Wanted: PHP, .NET, ActionScript... and ColdFusion last year

Nylon is hiring again. We definitely need a strong PHP developer, maybe two, and it's looking like we're going to need to add a decent .NET developer to the team as well. Any experience with ColdFusion or ActionScript is also a plus. Anyone interest...
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Introducing Neel Horwith last year

Apologies, I didn't get any posts out before my son arrived. I'm happy to announce the birth of Neel Badhwar Horwith on Sept. 13, 2010. Mother and baby are doing great.
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Breaking Radio Silence last year

I've been really busy with work... but I'm still alive... and I have a few thoughts that I've jotted down with a note to blog about them, so I'll be blogging more in the very near future. My wife's expecting our second son any time now... so I'll tr...
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php.org is written in ColdFusion last year

I just thought it was too surprising and funny not to post - http://php.org/ appears to be written completely in ColdFusion. Doh!
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A Few Thoughts About Various Programming Languages 2 years ago

In my role leading development shops, I am constantly having to learn and evaluate new programming languages and tools in order to keep us current as well as in order to discover better ways to accomplish goals. As a developer, I am also constantly l...
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Apple vs. Adobe 2 years ago

Apple Wins :( http://www.googlefight.com/index.php?lang=en_GB&word1=Adobe&word2=Apple Yes, that really is all I'm going to say about the current Apple/Adobe war... except for a big shout out to Lee Brimelow for speaking his mind (http://theflashblo...
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