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A Full-Stack Composition in Code.

Full-stack developer & creative technologist crafting interfaces with the warmth of analog and the precision of a mastered record.

Catalog RJ-2026
Genre Web · UI · AI
Runtime 48:12
Ruby James
Side A
RJ · 2026
Liner Notes

The story behind the record.

Pressed RJ 2026 · Vol I

This record was written in quiet hours — between cups of coffee, commits at midnight, and the soft hum of a machine thinking alongside me. Every track is a problem I fell in love with long enough to ship.

My work sits where engineering meets craft: full-stack systems that feel considered from the first paint to the last query. I care about typography the way a mastering engineer cares about the final 2 dB. I care about state the way a drummer cares about timing.

I build with React, TypeScript, Node, Python, and a growing shelf of AI tools. But the real instrument is curiosity — and the willingness to re-cut a track until it sings.

— Ruby, producer & engineer

Tracklist

Selected works from the archive.

Seven tracks. Each one pressed, mastered, and shipped.

A1
Aurora — Realtime Dashboard
React · D3 · WebSockets · 2025
04:32
A2
Spline — 3D Product Configurator
Three.js · GSAP · Next.js · 2025
06:48
A3
Galaxy — AI Writing Companion
Claude API · Streaming · TypeScript · 2025
07:21
A4
Arcade — Motion-First Portfolio System
Framer Motion · CSS Grid · 2024
05:05
B1
Worlds — Multi-Tenant SaaS Platform
Node · PostgreSQL · Stripe · 2024
08:14
B2
Swiss — Editorial Design System
Storybook · TypeScript · Tokens · 2024
06:02
B3
Gallery — Headless CMS for Artists
Payload · Cloudflare · R2 · 2023
10:10
Studio EQ

The levels I mix at.

Every stack balanced to taste. These are the faders I reach for most.

NAT·MIX MODEL 2026 — 10 CH · ±12dB
React
+10 dB
TypeScript
+9 dB
Node
+8 dB
Next.js
+7 dB
Python
+6 dB
Postgres
+5 dB
Claude API
+7 dB
Three.js
+4 dB
Tailwind
+5 dB
Docker
+3 dB
Discography

Past releases, ordered by pressing.

2025 — PRESENT
Independent Studio
Freelance · Full-Stack & AI

Shipping product-grade interfaces and AI-assisted tools for founders and teams who want the polish of a label without losing the independent sound.

ReactClaudeNext.js
2023 — 2025
Senior Frontend Engineer
Product company · Remote

Led the rewrite of a design system used across six products; cut bundle size by 38% and pushed Lighthouse from 62 to 97. Mentored two juniors to mid-level.

Design SystemPerfTypeScript
2021 — 2023
Full-Stack Developer
Agency · Hybrid

Shipped twelve client sites and two internal tools. Built a CMS-on-top-of-Postgres that the team still uses. Learned how to scope, how to say no, and how to press “deploy” without flinching.

NodePostgresCI/CD
2019 — 2021
Junior Developer · Debut EP
First pressings

Early-career work on internal tools and small client builds. The tracks that taught me how the board works.

JSHTML/CSSFundamentals
Request B-Side

Got a track you'd like pressed?

New project, consultation, or a late-night idea you can't shake — send it over. I read every request and reply within two working days.

Matrix · RJ/A-2026/001 Pressed in 180g HTML © 2026 Ruby James — All tracks self-engineered