Cheers and challenges in CF 2025 pod with Charlie Arehart

Have you listened to the new episode 142 of CF Alive is out? Charlie Arehart joins me to talk about moving to ColdFusion 2025 (and the sneaky Update 8, aka ColdFusion 2026).

Charlie always finds hidden gems in every  release!

This time we dug into:

1) The new AI, MCP, and RAG stuff everyone's talking about (plus what's easy to miss past the AI headlines).

2) Subscription-only licensing now. What that really costs your budget over 5 years vs old model.

3) The longest "removed features" list Charlie's ever seen. If one old tag is holding your app together, you'll want to hear this.

4) HTTPS on CF Admin is easy to turn on now. What Charlie still finds broken out in the field.

5) Under the hood, Java 21 and Tomcat 10.1 landed together.

If you're planning an upgrade from CF2018 or CF2021, don't walk into Mordor without a map. This episode is your map!

See the full episode + show notes.