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It’s true. CFML is the fastest nothing to something I’ve ever used.

CF is actually pretty good for server-side rendering. However, when mixing with JS it does get a bit convoluted.

I used it back in 2010-2014, and made some pretty nifty webapps to manage a tournament with brackets and live scores. I thought whoever designed it was bonkers, and the ones who bought into it, even more bonkers. But Ben Nadel showed me the way, bringing some sanity to the language.

Are you using Lucee?

Yep. It’s been running my large-ish website for over a decade. Performance, reliability etc are all off the charts compared to any other ecosystem I’ve used.

Is whirlpool.net.au built with coldfusion?

It’s built with CFML and the server ran ColdFusion in the early years but we switched to Railo (later Lucee) pretty much as soon as it was an option. Aside from being free, it was faster and more reliable.

Great to hear, whirlpool has helped me quite a bit over what seems like decades at this point. It's a great resource!

What’s the open source one called?

https://www.lucee.org/