Hi, I'm Raymond Camden 👋

I'm a developer advocate who loves the web platform, APIs, AI, and basically just anything involving code. I love to write about technology and share that with others. I've got fun stuff to show you and I'm so happy you're here!

Welcome to my corner of the internet where I share insights about development, best and sometimes questionable practices, and cat demos.

TIL - Algolia Makes Creating an MCP Server Stupid Easy

A few days ago I was chatting with Chuck Meyer (devrel for Algolia) and I casually mentioned, "It sure would be cool if Algolia had an easy way to turn my search index into an MCP server." He promptly responded, "Of course, you complete and utter dufus, which is why we already have that feature." (Not an exact quote.) This is exactly the kind of thing I love to hear. I've been using Algolia for my search here for years and honestly have not paid much attention to the new additions on their platform. That was a mistake. Let me show you how dang easy they made this.

Turning my Cursor Performance Work into a Repeatable Skill

July 8, 2026 development generative ai eleventy

Yesterday, I wrote about using Cursor to review my blog for performance. Cursor (and again, for full disclosure I work here now ;) did a dang good job of finding performance issues with my site, handling the huge size and various languages, platforms, and so forth. As I said, it worked well, but I wanted to look into making this more of a repeatable process.

Asking Cursor to Review My Blog for Performance

July 7, 2026 development generative ai eleventy

Last week I decided to try something interesting. I opened my blog up in Cursor and asked for a basic performance review. That seems like a no-brainer, but keep in mind, my blog's source code clocks in at near seven thousand files (ignoring node_modules of course), so this wasn't some small request.

My New Role - Helping AI Adoption at Cursor

July 6, 2026 misc generative ai

This will be a short and sweet post to announce that today is my first day at Cursor!

Happy Dance

Links For You (7/5/26)

July 5, 2026 misc links4you

In my last links post, I hinted that I may have some good news on the job front, and if you follow me on LinkedIn you already know that I've signed on to my next gig. Tomorrow morning I'll share on here (and on LI) details about the new gig, but I am beyond excited about this new job. With that out of the way, how about some happy links for what's going to be a really dang good week?

Building Custom Form Selection Boxes - Working on Accessibility

July 3, 2026 development css

Whenever I find myself needing to update a previous blog post, I either correct it inline and add a small note on top, for small tweaks, or write a whole new piece for larger changes. My last blog post talked about how to use CSS to style a "block" such that it acted like a form radio button. When I worked on that demo, I was a bit worried about accessibility. I did one quick check with an online tool, and thought I was ok. I was not.

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