Software engineer · Johnson City, TN

Ricky Raymond.

This is where I share thoughts on AI and tech progress, notes from projects I'm working on, and ideas from the papers and books I'm reading.

Ricky Raymond

Thinking out loud

Writing & notes

All writing

Goodbye, contact form

Contact forms are nearly ubiquitous with marketing sites. Commonly, the only objective goal of a business’s site is to force a user to the contact form so the business can collect the lead with email and/or phone. But, let’s be ho

Managing rickyraymond.dev Chatbot

My explorations with LLMS. This post is part of an ongoing series where I dive into my research and experimentation with large language models (LLMs), particularly in the context of the chatbot running on my site. The chat bot is

On the workbench

What I'm building

Architecture & development

Hunter Intel / Orion

AI with a sense of place.

I'm overseeing architecture and development on Hunter Intel / Orion, a general-purpose hunting AI platform.

At its center is a map-based experience that helps people plan hunting locations and strategy. I'll be sharing notes on the decisions, tradeoffs, and lessons that come with building it.

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The project
Hunter Intel / Orion
The experience
Map-based hunting planning
My role
Architecture & development oversight

About me

I'm a software engineer with a background in full-stack web development. I care about useful software, open-source tools, and exploring what machine intelligence can do.