Cloud Experts Unleashed

Ben & Ryan Show Episode 24 In this episode, your hosts Ben Nadel and Ryan Brown go guest-free and take the opportunity to dive into ColdFusion bugs, guinea pig maintenance, and their latest experiments in app building and AI usage. They kick things off with some light banter, guinea pig parenting tips, and custom shoes, before transitioning into deep debugging talk, asynchronous programming qu...

Ben & Ryan Show Episode 23 In this episode, your hosts Ben Nadel and Ryan Brown are joined by Mark Takata, Senior Technical Evangelist for Adobe ColdFusion, to dive deep into the evolving world of "vibe coding" and how AI is transforming development workflows. The trio explore the tools, mental friction, and cultural shifts developers face when working alongside AI, offering a mix of...

Ben & Ryan Show Episode 22 In this episode, your hosts Ben Nadel and Ryan Brown sit down with Luis Majano and Daniel Garcia from Ortus Solutions to dive deep into BoxLang, the dynamic new language for the JVM. From modular design to multi-runtime capabilities and modern tooling, this conversation explores past, present, and future of BoxLang. BoxLang is introduced as a dynamic JVM language des...

In this episode, your hosts Ben Nadel and Ryan Brown are joined by guests Ray Camden and Wade Bachelder to break down their experiences at the recent Adobe ColdFusion 2025 Hackathon. Together, they dive into the projects, challenges, bugs, and lessons learned while exploring new CFML features like CSV handling, charting, and Java integration. Key Points • Wade, Ray, and Ben each created unique app...

In this episode, your hosts Ben Nadel and Ryan Brown are joined by Peter Amiri, the current maintainer of the Wheels framework (formerly CF Wheels), to discuss its evolution and future. They dive into the history of the ColdFusion-based framework, its comparison with other MVC options, and how it's being modernized for AI-assisted development. Key Points • Wheels is a CFML MVC framework inspir...

Ben & Ryan Show Episode 19 In this episode, your hosts Ben Nadel and Ryan Brown catch up after a short hiatus with a wide-ranging, unscripted conversation covering everything from the latest ColdFusion trends to personal experiments with AI and vibe coding. With no guest this time, it's a freestyle episode filled with developer insights, community stories, tech musings, and even a few nost...

Ben & Ryan Show Episode 18 In this episode, your hosts, Ben Nadel and Ryan Brown, are joined by longtime ColdFusion developer James Moberg, CTO of Sunstar Media, for a deep-dive into the wild world of user-defined functions (UDFs) and decades of real-world development hacks. From building custom tools that bridge gaps in ColdFusion and Lucee, to mastering performance and security through cleve...

Ben and Ryan Show Episode 17 In this episode, your hosts Ben Nadel and Ryan Brown are joined by Peter Amiri to share the gripping, real-world story of what it's like to experience—and recover from—a devastating ransomware attack. They dive deep into the technical and emotional toll of cyber extortion, walking through how it happened, what went wrong, and the long road to restoring operations w...

Ben and Ryan Show Episode 16 In this episode of the Ben and Ryan Show, hosts Ben Nadel and Ryan Brown are joined by guest John Nessim to explore the evolving world of content management systems (CMS). With his deep development background and years of practical experience, John dives into everything from traditional platforms like WordPress to advanced headless CMS solutions, offering valuable insi...

In this episode, your hosts Ben Nadel and Ryan Brown take a break from their usual guest interviews to reflect on their personal and professional journeys in the first months of 2025. They discuss major career transitions, the challenges of job hunting in today's market, and the evolving landscape of software development, all while sharing personal stories and insights on adapting to change. K...

In this episode, your hosts, Ben Nadel and Ryan Brown, sit down with Steve Leve from ShareASale to dive into the challenges and lessons learned from navigating an acquisition, managing technical debt, and executing large-scale migrations. They explore the impact of legacy systems, the balance between maintaining old infrastructure and innovating new solutions, and the role of AI in modern software...

In this episode, your hosts, Ben Nadel and Ryan Brown, sit down with Andrew Pendleton, Senior Director of Design Systems at Verizon, to discuss the role of design systems in driving consistency, accessibility, and innovation. They explore how Verizon’s approach to accessibility goes beyond compliance, how design systems empower both designers and engineers, and the challenges of maintaining a unif...

Ben and Ryan Show Episode 12 In this episode, your hosts Ben Nadel and Ryan Brown sit down with security expert Brian Riley, author of the HoyaHaxa blog, to discuss ColdFusion security vulnerabilities and best practices for mitigating risks. The conversation dives into recent ColdFusion exploits, how security patches impact developers, and the broader implications of securing applications beyond j...

Ben and Ryan Show Episode 11 In this episode, hosts Ben Nadel and Ryan Brown interview Grant Powell, founder of Curios. Grant shares his journey in the Web3 and NFT space, detailing how Curios started as a licensable NFT platform and successfully pivoted after the NFT bubble burst. The discussion dives deep into digital ownership, blockchain challenges, and how Curios is revolutionizing digital co...

Ben and Ryan Show Episode 10 In this episode of the Ben and Ryan Show, hosts Ben Nadel and Ryan Brown are joined by Dan Short, the Director of Engineering at Virtuous Software, to explore the dynamics of career paths in software engineering, particularly the transition from individual contributor to management. The conversation dives deep into personal experiences, practical advice, and insightful...

Ben and Ryan Show Episode 9 In this episode your hosts, Ben Nadel and Ryan Brown, talk with Shawn Gorrell and explore diverse topics ranging from AI applications to organizational psychology and ethics, emphasizing practical tools and thoughtful strategies for teams and individuals. Key points: • AI as a spectrum: Some embrace it as life-changing, while others fear its implications. • Early AI exp...

Ben and Ryan Show Episode 8 In this episode, your hosts Ben Nadel and Ryan Brown talk about learning throughout your life. Key topics included: • Plug in your laptop if you are recording a podcast • Dogs can keep you up more than kids • Ben and Ryan are ChatGPT celebrities • What are the limits of what AI can do for you • Code editing in ChatGPT • Ben gets wowed with live iterative ChatGPT-ing • D...

Ben and Ryan Show Episode 7 In this episode, your hosts Ben Nadel and Ryan Brown are joined by Adobe Product Manager, Charvi Dhoot, and Semify CTO, Brian Sappey. The group discusses the upcoming ColdFusion 2025 release and how Adobe determines which features to include in the release. And as always, the guys go on their many tangents. Key topics included: • Feature Development: Charvi explained th...

Ben and Ryan Show Episode 6 In this episode, your hosts Ben Nadel and Ryan Brown discuss what they are thankful for from 2024 and what they are expecting from 2025. And as always, the guys go on their many tangents.

Ben and Ryan Show Episode 5 In this episode, your hosts Ben Nadel and Ryan Brown are joined by xByte Cloud Chief Technology Officer, Dakota Clum, to double click into cloud hosting. What are people doing to deploy dev code into cloud hosted servers • RDP and make file changes directly on server • FTP and apply updates to files one at time • Azure DevOps - CI/CD (being adopted more) • Agent can be...

Ben and Ryan Show Episode 4 In this episode, your hosts Ben Nadel and Ryan Brown are joined by Senior Adobe ColdFusion Evangelist, Mark Takata, to talk about the upcoming Adobe ColdFusion 2025 release. This episode is packed with surprise announcements. Adobe ColdFusion 2025 • A lot of performance improvements • Big upgrade to charting – amazing themes are coming out of the box • Spreadsheet impro...

Ben and Ryan Show Episode 3 In this episode, your hosts Ben Nadel and Ryan Brown just riff about whatever comes to their minds. Topics and tangents include disaster recovery beyond IT, scaling cloud servers, and strategies around email and video marketing. Disaster Recovery - just for IT teams • Staff in different locations • Keeping local staff online • Contingency plan for who to take over funct...

In this episode, Ryan gets to interview Eric Kratz and Witt Schenck from VSR Systems. They talk about their boutique Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Warehouse Management System (WMS). Guests Ryan Brown - xByte Cloud CMO Eric Kratz - President VSR Systems Witt Schenck - Product Manager VSR Systems Overview for VSR ERP As a premier ERP solutions provider, VSR Systems requires a dependable and...

Ben and Ryan Show Episode 2 - Cryptography with Justin Scott In this episode, your hosts Ben Nadel and Ryan Brown are joined by long time Adobe ColdFusion developer and security expert, Justin Scott, to discuss his recent presentation at the Adobe ColdFusion Summit. Justin’s Summit Presentation - https://www.darktech.org/advanced-cryptography.pdf Notes from Podcast • Password4J Library – Ability t...

This is episode 1 of the Ben and Ryan Show! Watch and listen along while Ben and Ryan talk tech, Adobe ColdFusion, and life in general. In this episode, the guys reminisce about their time at the Adobe CF Summit 2024 that just concluded. See the conference through eyes of an introvert and extrovert. Ben gives secrets to how he (the introvert) overcomes his nerves and starts conversations. Ryan (th...