AI is changing how developers build software, but what does that mean for developers still maintaining ColdFusion/CFML applications? Is the language excluded from AI development, or just harder to search for?
Short version: ColdFusion doesn't need its own AI model. It just needs to talk to one over an API, the same way it already talks to any other third-party service. That architecture works the same whether you're calling OpenAI, Gemini, or Anthropic.
I wrote up the full breakdown covering document processing use cases, why the API call is actually the easy part (retrieval quality and evaluation matter way more), how the developer skillset is shifting, and where Lucee fits in.
Full post here: https://www.devlearningtools.com/blog/coldfusion-2025-ai-integration
Curious what others think, especially anyone who's actually tried wiring an LLM into a legacy CFML app.
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