Independent builder / incurably curiousGreenville, SC

I buildusefulthings.

Software for real businesses. Tools for my neighbors.
The occasional completely unnecessary side quest.

there’s a whole other site in here.

$ whoami

builder. dad. investor. gym addict.

$ ls projects/

my-online-inventory/ monstermail/ rental-app-nest/ tax-sale-explorers/

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The original
weirdness
Still in here. ↗
Selected things you can actually use

Out in the wild.

SaaS product

RentalAppNest

Custom rental applications for landlords. Build it, share one link, collect applicants. Live for $5.

Local tool

Tax Sale Explorers

County property data, made easier to explore. Every item on the Greenville and Anderson County tax sale lists, mapped, with photos, site checks and a printable bid list.

readme.txt / the human part

A little context.
A lot of tabs.

Brad Shortridge, smiling in a flat cap and blazer, walking arm in arm with his daughter across a football field.
My favorite project. Still in production.

I’m Brad. I live in Upstate South Carolina, and I have a hard time leaving an interesting problem alone.

I like the whole process: finding the problem, figuring out what would actually help, and building something people can use.

Over the past several years I’ve built and maintained full-stack web applications and SaaS tools: inventory management, lead generation, customer workflows. The kind of systems people open first thing in the morning and need to just work.

I also believe software isn’t done at launch. Some of my best work happens after it ships: faster pages, simpler flows, cleaner systems as they grow.

Outside the code, I’m a real estate investor (which might explain the tax sale explorers) and a full-blown gym addict. If I’m not at a keyboard, I’m probably looking at a property or under a barbell.

Make yourself at home.— Brad

Loose thoughts.

The problem comes first.

Start with a real problem, not a feature list. Real problems keep you honest.

There should be a tool for that.

If I’ve said it out loud, I’ll probably end up building it. Curiosity tends to win.

Leave room for weird.

The best ideas usually show up somewhere between practical and ridiculous.

You found the basement.

Prefer the command line?

The original terminal, hacker minigame, and rabbit holes are still here.

>_ Enter the terminal
Hire me

Got something worth building?I’m listening.

I take on software, AI and automation projects: web apps, backend systems, AI integrations, workflow automation, MVP builds and ongoing product work. Tell me what you’re trying to fix.

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