// ridge.signal

R. Brandon Thompson

I cook at Pizza Hut after about 4pm ET and build before that.

Building in SW Virginia — open to remote part-time or contract.

Next.js · Payload · Vercel

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ILibrary
Localhost OPAC I run. Public repo.
Case study GitHub
IIThis site
Next.js 15 + Payload. Copy without a deploy per edit.
Case study GitHub
IIIHustle
Phone PWA for money and career. Describe-only.
Case studyDescribe-only

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September 9, 20263 min read

Case study: Shipping rbthompson.dev

Next.js 15 + Payload so I can ship copy without a deploy for every edit. Year and project counts stay off this page — not because they’re false, because they’re not verifiable here.

Case Study

Next.js

Payload

September 9, 20264 min read

Case study: Helix Hustle

Phone PWA for money and career. Describe-only: income, bills, expenses, job pipeline — and money math that never hits a model.

Case Study

PWA

TypeScript

September 9, 20264 min read

Case study: Helix Library

A localhost OPAC I actually run — files, catalog, Ask, Acquire. What I refused: social, forced cloud, marketplace.

Case Study

Next.js

SQLite