Introducing Ryan Dickinson and rndx.dev

Welcome to rndx.dev — my personal blog and a place to share what I'm working on, what I'm learning, and what I care about.

Who I Am

I'm Ryan Dickinson, a full-stack developer from Michigan. I build full stack web applications with Laravel and Vue.js, and I spend a lot of my free time on open source projects and other web projects. When I'm not at a keyboard, I'm usually outside — fishing, hiking, hunting, or exploring somewhere in the great outdoors of Michigan.

I believe software is best when it solves real problems for real people and brings people together in a community. That's what drives everything I build.

What I'm Building

My biggest project right now is SIT (Safe Ice Tool) — a community-driven ice safety platform. The name stands for Stay In The Knowledge, or sit at home if conditions aren't safe. It's an open source web based platform, that helps anglers and outdoor enthusiasts share real-time ice conditions so people can make safer decisions before heading out on the hard water. You can read more about it in my post on Building SIT.

Beyond SIT, I'm always tinkering with something — whether it's a tool that scratches my own itch or a contribution to someone else's project. Open source is where I feel most at home as a developer.

What You'll Find Here

This blog is going to be a mix of:

Community and outdoors — stories from the Michigan outdoor community and how technology can support it
Open source — what I'm contributing to, lessons learned, and why I think open source matters
Projects — updates on SIT and whatever else I'm working on
Web development — Laravel, Vue, and the tools I use day to day

I'm not trying to write tutorials or chase trends. This is just an honest space to share what I'm doing and thinking about. If any of it resonates with you, I'd love to hear from you.

Let's Connect

You can find me on GitHub or reach out at hello@rndx.dev. If you're into ice fishing, open source, or both — we'll probably get along.

Thanks for stopping by.