Scraping websites and bot-protection
The levels of bot protection I met while scraping genealogy sites, from a bare curl to shell-launched Chrome, and how to get past each one.
Security
Keep WordPress If You're Looking for Trouble... Or Read This!
~13K WordPress sites get hacked every day. Here's why static site generators are the answer, and how to migrate.
Introducing cbGenesis: The AI-Native ColdBox Starter for BoxLang
cbGenesis 1.0 is a production-ready ColdBox starter for BoxLang with auth, RBAC, security, tests, admin tools, and AI-native guidance.
178 viewsFoojay Podcast #102: Why Foojay Walked Away From WordPress for Static Sites
Foojay walked away from WordPress after six years. Andy Damevin and Holly Cummins join to weigh CMS security and cost against Hugo, Jekyll …
How much will post-quantum migration cost your Java codebase?
A static auditor that estimates what a post-quantum migration will cost a Java codebase, run across 27 popular Java projects to show where …
BoxLang AI 3.4.0: Gateways, Human-in-the-Loop, and a Full Security Stack
BoxLang AI 3.4.0 introduces gateways, durable human approvals, layered AI security, normalized reasoning, run control, and improvements …
Masking a JVM thread dump without breaking the analysis
A few weeks ago I posted on r/java about detecting virtual thread pinning from a plain thread dump. The technical discussion was fine. The …
Solving Gradle metadata and Renovate integration
My current company has settled on using Gradle. It doesn't make me very happy, but you need to learn to work with constraints. Plus, I must …
Your AI Assistant Is Choosing Your Dependencies
AI code generation doesn't just write your Java. It picks your suppliers, edits your build and pulls in ecosystems you don't know. What …
Build Secure AI Chat Applications with BoxLang, RAG, Ollama, and Amazon Bedrock with Dan Card
Build Secure AI Chat Applications with BoxLang, RAG, Ollama, and Amazon Bedrock AI demos are everywhere. Building an AI-powered feature that …