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The North Point Daily

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

Written by an AI newsroom from the shop’s real code, every day.

June 2026

Thursday, June 25, 2026 · Alice 78° Partly Cloudy

229 ships · 6 projects this month

This month we shipped a price tracker that updates every thirty minutes, a Spanish-language jobs board that reaches more workers, and a postcard mailer that lets you target just the neighborhoods you actually service. The biggest move was publishing repair cost data for South Texas. We've been writing estimates for local repair work long enough to know what things actually cost. Now you can see the real numbers instead of guessing.

Large tree and water tower amidst fields under a cloudy sky.

New ServicesPhoto ProductsWed, May 27

You get nine tiles.

Arrange them as you wish. Your family gets a fun puzzle. Slice a single photo into nine magnetic tiles. Customers rearrange them however they want.

By The Shop · Dispatch from Alice

You upload a photo. We cut it into a grid of nine pieces. Each piece becomes its own magnet. At an event, you hand someone nine magnets they can swap around and stick back together in any order.

The design tool lets you drag a frame over your image to pick which part of the photo becomes each tile. You can zoom, rotate, and line it up exactly how you want it. The preview shows you the real magnets as they'll look printed.

Read the full story Make your magnets

“Post a job.”

On Jobs Board

This Month

New ServicesNPCLocalThu, Jun 25

See what repair work costs in your town.

You're thinking about getting your AC fixed or your roof looked at. You want to know if a quote is fair. We publish a price tracker that shows you the range of repair estimates we've written for that work in your city.

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Jobs BoardNPCLocalThu, Jun 25

Post a job.

You post a job opening on our jobs board in English. We translate the posting so workers who speak Spanish can read it on the same board.

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Jobs BoardNPCLocalThu, Jun 25

Edit your job post anytime.

You posted a job three days ago. Now you realize you want to bump the pay or clarify the shift times. Instead of deleting it and starting over, you just edit the post you already have live.

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Jobs BoardNPCLocalWed, Jun 24

Claim a trade and own that page on the jobs board.

Our jobs board has pages for different trades. Plumbing. HVAC. Roofing. Electrical. When you post a job in one of those categories, your name and your listings show on that page.

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For BusinessesPhoto ProductsThu, May 28

Your magnets print fast.

You run a photo booth or event setup. You're taking photos and printing magnets all day. The bottleneck used to be how fast we could make them. We've rebuilt the printing press and the process to keep up with high-volume events.

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For BusinessesPhoto ProductsTue, Jun 2

Build and order magnets without a setup form.

You want to order some magnets for an event. You land on our website and you're ready to go. No form asking for your team name or how many locations you have. Just a button that says start.

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For BusinessesPhoto ProductsThu, Jun 4

Try it free for fourteen days.

We used to offer a free account that lasted forever. Now we run a fourteen-day trial. You get full access to the design tool and the shop. You can design magnets, buttons, postcards, whatever.

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For BusinessesAdhereWed, Jun 10

Mail postcards to the neighborhoods that matter.

You run a service business in Corpus Christi. You want to mail postcards, but you don't want to blanket the whole city. You pick your service area on a map. We mail only to the blocks inside that zone.

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In The MailNPCLocalFri, Jun 19

See only your jobs.

When you claim a trade category, that page becomes your space. Your jobs show on that page.

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Straight TalkThu, Jun 25

See prices.

The biggest thing this month was publishing repair cost data for South Texas. We've been writing estimates for local repair work for a while now. We decided to publish what that data actually says. You can see what roofing costs in Corpus Christi. What HVAC costs in Alice. The range based on work we've priced.

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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.

See what repair work costs in your town
Share an estimate with a link. No copy and paste.
Post a job. Workers can read it in their language.
Your magnets print fast. Damn fast.
Build and order magnets without a setup form. Just start.

From The Workshop

Short videos of real pieces coming off the laser. Watch one get made, then order your own.

NPC Laser

11MM SOCKET

NPC Laser

NPCLOCAL.COM BUSINESS CARD

NPC Laser

USB DRIVE

NPC Laser

LOCKOUT TAG

See all the videos Order one of your own

From The Web

Worth your time, from around the web. We follow this stuff so you don’t have to, then point you to what’s good and how it touches the Coastal Bend.

Some gear links below are Amazon affiliate links. If you buy through them, we earn a small cut at no extra cost to you.

CISA (Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency) · Guide
Cyber Guidance for Small Businesses
This is the free, no-sales-pitch playbook straight from the federal agency whose whole job is keeping businesses safe from ransomware, phishing, and hackers. We like it because it skips the outdated advice and tells you exactly what to turn on first, starting with multi-factor authentication on every account.
Lock down your shop’s tech Gear we’d grab: a hardware security key
iFeeltech IT Blog · Guide
3-2-1 Backup Rule Explained: Implementation Guide for Small Business (2026)
We like this one because it skips the jargon and walks you straight through what the 3-2-1 rule actually means for a small shop, including real tool picks and a cost example you can steal right now. It also clears up the big trap most folks fall into: your Dropbox or Google Drive sync is not a backup, and this guide explains exactly why that matters when ransomware shows up.
Talk to us about backups Gear we’d grab: a solid backup drive
Accounting Therapy · Guide
6 Common QuickBooks Mistakes We See in Almost Every DIY File (And How to Fix Them)
We found a plain-talk post from a real accountant who ran her own QuickBooks file and made every one of these mistakes herself, so she knows exactly where DIY owners go wrong. It walks through six specific slip-ups, like double-posting income and letting auto-add bank rules run wild, and tells you exactly how to fix each one before they turn into a tax headache.
Get a hand with your shop tech Gear we’d grab: a bookkeeping guide
EPB (Electric Power Board) · Guide
How To Find and Fix Wi-Fi Dead Zones (Step-By-Step)
We like this one because it walks you through all ten fixes in plain order, from moving your router to picking the right kind of extender or mesh setup, so you can actually do something today instead of just reading about the problem. EPB is a real fiber utility, not somebody trying to sell you gear, which means the advice is straight and honest for a shop our size.
We fix business networks Gear we’d grab: a mesh wifi system
Grow with Google – YouTube · Video
Make AI Work for You | Grow with Google
Google put together a free video series that walks real small business owners through everyday AI tasks like writing emails, sorting finances, and handling customer service, no tech background needed. We watched it and the demos are plain and practical, the kind of thing you can try the same afternoon right here in Alice.
How our AI helper works Gear we’d grab: an AI-for-business book
BDOutdoors · Guide
Understanding Marine Weather Forecasts
This one walks you through a real NWS marine forecast the same way a buddy at the dock would, covering wind knots, wave height, and the swell interval trick that most folks ignore until they get beat up out on the water. If you fish out of Port Aransas or Rockport, we think this is worth ten minutes of your time before the next trip.
Coastal Bend Wind Zone Gear we’d grab: a handheld marine radio

The bigger storyHow one person ships like a crew of nine

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More Towns Finding A Pro Jobs Board New Services For Businesses For The Pros Straight Talk Just For Fun In The Mail For Hire

The Shop Directory

The rest of what this one shop builds and runs across the Coastal Bend.

NPCLocal

A local-services site for the Coastal Bend that helps people find the right pro fast.

NPC Laser

Custom laser-engraved gifts and signs, with short videos that show each one being made.

Adhere

Coastal Bend direct mail: one shared postcard to 5,000 homes, one local business per kind of work.

All Brands STX

Repairs for commercial kitchen and restaurant equipment across the Coastal Bend.

brandstx

Websites, software, and branding for Coastal Bend businesses, built in public.

Boothpress

Custom photo magnets and event photo products for other shops to sell.

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