Chris G

Recent Blog Comments By Chris G

• Only Solve One New Problem At A Time

  Posted on Nov 8, 2022 at 3:11 PM

  Well said. Focusing on one problem at a time also forces you to prioritize so that your time is well spent.... read more »

• Proxying Gravatar Images For Better Avatar Caching In ColdFusion

  Posted on Nov 7, 2022 at 2:47 PM

  I did not know this was possible...eye opening 🤓. Now I'm wondering where I can use this technique 🤔... read more »

• Converting A Query Into A Human-Readable CSV In Two Phases In ColdFusion

  Posted on Oct 7, 2022 at 6:25 PM

  I wish everyone wrote code as clearly and as easily read as you do. Heck, I wish I did. Yours is the standard I strive for though. As always, thanks for sharing... read more »

• Considering Control Flow And Transient Data Relationships In ColdFusion

  Posted on Sep 27, 2022 at 4:31 PM

  @Ben Agreed. The primary benefit I see in this approach is that the logic to deal with the transient data is centralized in one place, so you can do away with the try/catch, null checks, structkey checks, elvis operators, etc which would otherwise be spread throughout the app.... read more »

• Considering Control Flow And Transient Data Relationships In ColdFusion

  Posted on Sep 27, 2022 at 2:16 PM

  Why not consider getPreferredName() which will always either return either the nickname or name?... read more »

• Using jSoup To Fix Post-Marriage Name Changes In ColdFusion 2021

  Posted on Aug 31, 2022 at 3:21 PM

  @Ben Haha, you make great points. Keeping the .md files updated feels like more of a type-a problem. I can relate 100% btw. While if love for my markdown and db to agree, I tend to shift the source of truth to the DB once converted. The MD files then become a relic.... read more »

• Using jSoup To Fix Post-Marriage Name Changes In ColdFusion 2021

  Posted on Aug 31, 2022 at 1:35 PM

  Why not search/replace the underlying data? Or is this more for the code cota?... read more »

• Using An Array To Power Weighted Distributions In Lucee CFML 5.3.8.201

  Posted on Jun 29, 2022 at 5:25 PM

  @Ben That was my first thought too, but then you'd have to track each range, which is additive... A = 0 - 0.1 B = 0.11 - 0.3 C = 0.31 - 1 That does seem more complex. Even if your solution does more "work", in the end I love how easy it is to comprehend. It's just simple and ... read more »

• Using An Array To Power Weighted Distributions In Lucee CFML 5.3.8.201

  Posted on Jun 29, 2022 at 2:02 PM

  Clever! I like it. And now I'm wondering how I would have handled it. Probably not as elegantly as you. I'd love to know what the Mathy solution would look like out of curiosity, but as the saying goes...when all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. And you (my friend) nailed ... read more »

• Updating My Mental Model For Shared Array / Struct Iteration In ColdFusion

  Posted on Jun 23, 2022 at 1:26 PM

  Super interesting. Had no idea read only access to shared objects would be an issue in the async context. I'm so confused about how a synchronized object solves the problem. And what would be the use case for non-synchronized arrays? This has my head spinning...which I appreciate!... read more »

• A Relational Database Table To Prevent Double Form-Submissions In ColdFusion

  Posted on Jun 13, 2022 at 6:48 PM

  I've always deactivated the submit button once it's clicked to prevent the second click.... read more »

• Considering Approaches To Handling MySQL Key Conflicts In Lucee CFML

  Posted on May 4, 2022 at 2:25 PM

  Definitely! It has features only massive companies would only care about 🤣... read more »

• Considering Approaches To Handling MySQL Key Conflicts In Lucee CFML

  Posted on May 4, 2022 at 1:12 PM

  For sure! I work a lot in oracle, which can feel unnecessarily esoteric in syntax...but I've come to appreciate (and understand some of) it's brilliance. There's usually a method behind the madness...I just don't always comprehend it... read more »

• Considering Approaches To Handling MySQL Key Conflicts In Lucee CFML

  Posted on May 4, 2022 at 12:30 PM

  There's some cleaver DB wizardry here I had not seen before. 👀🤓🧐😍... read more »

• Using sgn() To Clamp Values In Array Sorting Operations In ColdFusion

  Posted on Apr 8, 2022 at 3:56 PM

  I was today years old when I learned about the sgn() and Math.sign() functions. It's always helpful to see a useful use case too. Helps lock it in. I may have even seen these before, but without the use case they vanish because they're too esoteric otherwise.... read more »

• Considering A Numeric Range / Sequence Data Structure In ColdFusion

  Posted on Mar 31, 2022 at 4:11 PM

  @Matt, Thanks for the links. Good stuf! I too use val() often to coalesce values to numeric. I had not been aware of fix() before this article. Always learning!... read more »

• Avoiding MySQL max_allowed_packet Errors By Splitting-Up Large Aggregation Queries In ColdFusion

  Posted on Mar 28, 2022 at 8:15 PM

  As a side note... when would 🍆 or 🍑 ever be the desired emoji's for your blog? haha... I just noticed that they're in your quick-picks. You don't run THAT kind of blog, Ben 😜🤣🤣... read more »

• Avoiding MySQL max_allowed_packet Errors By Splitting-Up Large Aggregation Queries In ColdFusion

  Posted on Mar 28, 2022 at 8:13 PM

  I love stuff like this. The key thing I learned from this article is that the map() function allows parallel processing 🤯 I recently solved a problem that required a "shift in perspective" as well. My boss came to me with a query that wasn't returning the data he expected. I tri... read more »

• Splitting An Array Into Groups In ColdFusion 2021

  Posted on Mar 27, 2022 at 5:08 PM

  We've probably all written utility functions like this. Super helpful. The most challenging part (for me) is naming these functions. Yours is named very well. I think I called mine chunk() LOL 🤣... read more »

• Considering A Numeric Range / Sequence Data Structure In ColdFusion

  Posted on Mar 25, 2022 at 3:02 PM

  @Ben, Ahhh... Always learning something here! 🙏🙏... read more »