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If you’re looking to build or rebuild your website, chances are you’ve come across WordPress and Wix as two popular options. Both platforms offer ways to get a site up and running, but they’re built for very different users, and they come with very different limitations.
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WordPress vs. Wix: Why Flexibility Wins
If you’re looking to build or rebuild your website, chances are you’ve come across WordPress and Wix as two popular options. Both platforms offer ways to get a site up and running, but they’re built for very different users, and they come with very different limitations.
Tech Throwback: The Age of Hit Counters
Before Google Analytics, hit counters were the go-to way to track website traffic, though they offered little more than a growing number on the screen. While outdated, they remain a nostalgic symbol of the early web. In this edition of Tech Throwback, we look at how web analytics evolved from simple counters to powerful data-driven insights.
Adobe ColdFusion Summit 2025: A Milestone Celebration of 30 Years
The Adobe ColdFusion Summit 2025 in Las Vegas was an incredible celebration of innovation, community, and 30 years of ColdFusion. The energy throughout both days was contagious, and we were honored to be part of such a milestone event as a Silver Sponsor.
5 Signs Its Time to Redesign Your Website
Your website should be your hardest-working marketing tool, not a liability. If it feels outdated, loads slowly, or isn’t bringing in leads, it may be costing you customers. Discover the five signs it’s time for a redesign and how a modern, mobile-friendly site can turn visitors into loyal clients.
From the Desk of your Grumpy Dev: When No Framework is Somehow Better Than YOUR Framework
Part 3: When No Framework is Somehow Better Than YOUR Framework - a reality check for every ego-fueled “framework” cobbled together in 2014. From thousand-line utility files to hardcoded business logic, these aren’t frameworks—they’re landmines. Here’s how we untangle the spaghetti and give ColdFusion apps the structure they should’ve had all along.
From the Desk of your Grumpy Dev: It's Not Me, It's You: Breaking Up with Bad ColdFusion Code
Next up: It’s Not Me, It’s You: Breaking Up with Bad ColdFusion Code — a brutally honest breakup letter to the spaghetti logic, inline SQL, and 2010-era sins that haunt your .cfm pages. When “just upgrading ColdFusion” turns into a full-blown intervention, we bring the tough love (and cfqueryparams) needed to modernize your stack—and reclaim your sanity.