Adding a Web Debugger to BoxLang (First Version)

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This one’s been sitting in my "to do" blog queue for sometime now and I figured the beginning of spooky season (September 1 – don’t we all start celebrating Halloween then?) was a good excuse to finally kick this out the door. Many, many years ago I learned to love one of the simpler features of ColdFusion, the debugging output. This is a feature ColdFusion has probably had for near twenty or so plus years and while it’s not the same as a "full" debugging service (which also exists), or the powerhouse Fusion Reactor, it’s an incredibly simple way to look at what’s going on in your web application. It works by first enabling it (something... more →
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First Stab at a BoxLang Log Viewer

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The BoxLang folks have a proper "administrator" desktop client coming in the future, but lately I’ve been finding myself needing a quick way to work with logs and preferring a web-based tool versus using tail in my terminal (I know, I’m crazy like that). I thought I’d take a stab (Halloween is coming soon, can you tell?) at a simple web application that could do what I wanted – let me quickly view a log. Logs – Just exactly where are they? I had a vague idea of where my logs were, but if I’m building a tool that others may use (I’ll be linking to the repo at the end) than I’d need that to be dynamic. My initial attempt made use of the... more →
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My First (and Last) Spotify Web App – Music Snob

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I’ve been a happy Spotify user for a few years now (I transitioned from Amazon Music after they cut features and generally ticked me off) and as I listen to music a lot, I’ve built a few integrations with their APIs over the years. Those integrations were simple tools that hit my own personal data and were just for fun, but I thought I’d take a crack at building a simple app with their Web API which would allow Spotify users to authenticate and see their own data. I built the app. But I 100% would not recommend working with the Spotify APIs going further. I’ll explain everything that went wrong, why I recommend this and so forth, but if you just want to see the app, scroll... more →
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A Quick First Look at Amazon Bedrock (with Node.js)

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My regular readers (hello, yall rock!) know I’ve been playing with generative AI the past few months. I’m still a bit skeptical about the amount of hype involved around the space, but I’m slowly getting more excited as I see some of the interesting possibilities available with these tools. Most of my recent exploration has been on the Google Gemini side, but after hearing my buddy Todd Sharp talk about Amazon Bedrock on his stream yesterday, I figured it was time to check it out. (FYI, you should absolutely check out his weekly Twitch show on the AWS Twitch channel called "Streaming on Streaming" – Wednesdays at 3PM CST.) Getting Started # So obviously, you want... more →
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– First Episode

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Just a quick note to share that today I did my first episode of the <Code><Br> show. I had a great audience with some great questions and comments. My next show will be in two weeks and I hope to see you there! Raymond Camden… more →
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The First Images from EUMETSAT MTG-I1

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The first high quality image from Europe’s newest weather satellite has been released. The European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) operates a fleet of satellites with which it monitors weather, climate, and the environment from space. EUMETSAT’s newest satellite, Meteosat Third Generation – Imager 1 (Meteosat-12) was launched in December 2022 and is Maps Mania… more →
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Explore the First Route Around the World

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On September 20 1519 five ships set out with 239 men from Sanlúcar de Barrameda in Spain. Their goal was to find a new route to the Moluccan Islands, in Indonesia. On September 6 1522 just one of those ships, the Victoria, landed back in Spain. It was the first ship to have circumnavigated the globe. Only 18 men returned to Spain on the Victoria. Many of the others died on the journey, Maps Mania… more →
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