I was updating an app to take advantage of CF8’s new EXIF reading abilities, and came across an error. When I tried to call imageGetEXIFMetaData() on a certain image, I got a 500 java.lang.StackOverflowError (you can read the complete error in the attached HTML file). I took a peek at the stack, and found that Adobe [...]

I always have to work hard to remember which server is live, which is for production, which is for development, etc. It’s also difficult to tell at a glance which remote server I’m connected to over remote desktop. Typically I change the wallpaper color to red for production servers, green for development servers [...]

I recently built an application that was based on a yearly subscription model. After thinking about the various payment methods available, I decided to go with PayPal subscriptions. The advantages are obvious… No need for SSL, I don’t have to assume any of the risk of storing payment information, and I didn’t have to worry [...]

At Webapper, we’re big fans of monitoring tools. You absolutely MUST be able to see what’s going on inside your software in real time. We use MySQL on some of our production servers, and we’ve been using SQLyog as an administration GUI for many years. It’s a great way to run MySQL databases–it’s one of [...]