Parsing Markdown in BoxLang – Take 3

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Ok, so I promise this will be my last post on using Markdown with BoxLang. At least the last one this month. 😉 I first covered the topic last month, "Parsing Markdown in BoxLang" where I demonstrated using the Flexmark Java library in BoxLang code. I then followed up with a revised edition that used BoxLang’s Java integration a bit nicer. So, those posts are still very valid, still useful for showing you how to make use of the JVM from BoxLang, and with the vast library of open-source Java stuff out there, that’s a good thing. But… you don’t need to do any of that for Markdown, because now it’s even easier! If you prefer to consume this post while listening... more →
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Code Break Tomorrow

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Just a quick note to let my subscribers know that my next Code Break session will be tomorrow, May 19th, at 12PM CST. I plan on continuing my look at Tauri, a platform for using the web platform to build desktop apps. Depending on how much time I’ve got, I may also start playing with a Python platform as well. You can RSVP, or just watch, here: https://cfe.dev/talkshows/codebreak-05192025/. Raymond Camden… more →
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Links For You (5/25/25)

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I missed posting my links post last weekend but I had an absolutely good reason. This previous week was my first week at Foxit and while I’ve only had three days so far, I’m incredibly excited about this new role and being able to introduce a whole suite of new offerings to developers. The next few months are going to be pretty busy and I’m really happy about that. My new job also coincided with a little vacation my wife and I are taking in Saint Louis. While I’ve been in Louisiana for sometime now, I grew up in Saint Louis and love visiting here. (My mom still lives up here.) Yesterday we visited the Missouri Botanical Garden which was beautiful. This isn’t a pretty... more →
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Multimodal Support in Chrome’s Built-in AI

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It’s been a few weeks since I blogged about Chrome’s built-in AI efforts, but with Google IO going this week there’s been a lot of announcements and updates. You can find a great writeup of recent changes on the Chrome blog: "AI APIs are in stable and origin trials, with new Early Preview Program APIs". One feature that I’ve been excited the most about has finally been made available, multimodal prompting. This lets you use both image and audio data for prompts. Now, remember, this is all still early preview and will likely change before release, but it’s pretty promising. As I’ve mentioned before, the Chrome team is asking folks to join the EPP (early... more →
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My New Role – API Evangelist at Foxit

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As I mentioned on the blog a few weeks ago, I (finally) landed a new job. The market is beyond tough right now, so I’m very happy that I was able to land a new role, especially one that’s going to be just about perfect for me – API Evangelist for Foxit. I’ll be talking more about my role and what I’m covering later (we’ve got some really cool stuff brewing!) but for now, I can’t wait to get busy again! Raymond Camden… more →
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JavaScript in the morning, JavaScript in the evening…

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I’ve been a huge fan of the Intl spec for sometime, having done multiple presentations and blog posts on the topic. Every time I think I’ve explored it completely, I come across another interesting gem. Today I’m going to share one that is possibly not something you would use, but it’s a curious feature of the spec I wanted to dig more into. When formatting dates with Intl.DateTimeFormat, you’ve got a large set of customizations you can use to display dates exactly as you want. I recently came across an interesting part of the formatting options, dayPeriod. According to MDN, this specifies: The formatting style used for day periods like “in the morning”,... more →
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Sending an Alert for Short Wait Time at Disney

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Yesterday I had some fun with a web app that made use of APIs to report on rides with the shortest wait times at amusement parks. This was done via the excellent, and free, Queue Times service. The application I built let you select a park, and then rides were displayed sorted by the shortest wait time. While working with the API, I also had another idea for a useful service – notifications for short wait times. Imagine you’re at Disney, or any amusement park, and while you’re there, you would like to be notified when rides have a short wait time. How could you automate this? For now, let’s skip the ‘hard part’ of imagining the service that would let you sign... more →
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Finding Your Next Amusement Park Ride with APIs

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Every now and then I’ll wonder if something or another has an API, google for it, and be pleasantly surprised to find that there is indeed an API available. This week that random thought was about ride waiting times for amusement parks. To be fair, it wasn’t completely random. I saw an ad on Facebook for a little display you can get for your home that shows live wait times. Obviously that’s targetted for amusement park freaksfans but it’s a cute idea and something I’d consider. I’ve only recently become a Disney fan (you don’t want to know how much I freak out at Galaxy’s Edge) so I get the attraction. In this case, my googling landed me on Queue... more →
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