During January 2026, Ryan Gridley developed a reusable AlertBadge visual notification component for the EasyPost/easy-ui repository. This component enables consistent visual confirmations for user actions, supporting configurable color variants and flexible placement to align with evolving design system requirements. Ryan focused on React component design and leveraged TypeScript and SCSS to ensure maintainability and theme compatibility. The AlertBadge serves as a foundational UI primitive, streamlining future notification patterns and accelerating feature development across the application. While no major bugs were addressed during this period, the work demonstrated depth in front end development and a strong emphasis on scalable user experience.