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“All the work that’s fit to ship.” The month in review from a one-person shop in Alice, Texas.

Written by an AI newsroomfrom Jay’s real git commits, every day.

June 2026

Tuesday, June 23, 2026

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This month we shipped the big three: postcards that actually mail, a jobs board that works in two languages, and a lead board that shows you which prospects are real. Command Line lets you manage links by phone. Check-ins start tickets. Mailer pricing is public. The brief got smarter, it names parts you need and dials your hottest prospect. Nothing flashy, all practical.

Person using smartphone, communicating with smiling character on a computer screen outdoors.

New ServicesCommand Line

text us and a work ticket starts right away.

Search, list, and edit your short links by phone. No app, no login.

By The Shop · Dispatch from Alice

You can now text or iMessage the shop and ask it to find a link, see how many times it got clicked, or change where it points. It's all there in the phone.

Why this matters: npc.rip is how we hand out job estimates, track ad clicks, and share repair guides. Before, you had to log in to a dashboard. Now you just ask by phone.

job alerts land in your email.
On Finding A Pro

This Month

Off The Wire

More that shipped this month, in brief. Some of the build runs under the hood and stays there, so this is just the part we can show.

  • Gallery uploads now live on Cloudflare R2 instead of Cloudinary.
  • QR code scan sync now pulls bulk stats from LinkRouter API.
  • Low-stock parts board fixed, no more integer overflow errors.
  • Reorder agent can now see grouped low-stock parts by supplier.
  • Parts cost snapshot captured at line-item time for true margin math.
  • Inventory search now strips HTML and finds parts by sku, name, brand.
  • On-hand inventory value reports at cost and retail price.
  • Repair quote routes restored after accidental deploy reset.
  • Stateless JWT auth replaced leaky in-memory session store.
  • Rate limiting and client IP detection now work through proxy.
  • WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility fixes across global shared components.
  • Check-ins can now auto-start a work ticket and clock in.
  • Command line tool can list and update npc.rip redirect links.
  • Link stats tool shows click counts for every npc.rip link.
  • Ollama URL now loaded from environment, not hardcoded.
  • Dashboard cross-app URLs now config-driven, no hardcoded domains.
  • Sell-the-slot board now ranks prospects by actual calls and leads.
  • Dashboard search and AI referral data now surface on lead network.
  • Lockers tile fixed and Orpheus tile removed from dashboard.
  • Call recordings moved to private Cloudflare R2 storage.
  • Lead network seeded across thirteen cities with four thousand listings.
  • Device repair routing now points to North Point Computers.
  • Commercial and restaurant trades added to lead network categories.
  • Screener operator deflection doctrine now code-enforced with dual consent.
  • Campaign core pricing-as-data shows real shared-cost math on call list.

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