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Rycode

High-integrity models, quantitative dashboards, and analytical briefings exploring complex global systems and emerging risks.

Overview

Modeling complex global systems.

Rycode is an independent research lab and developer hub. This platform serves as a workshop and catalog of custom interactive dashboards, systems models, and quantitative briefings exploring the intersections of emerging technology, economics, and geopolitics.

Our goal is to build tools and research that translate complex market data, geopolitical sequences, and technical structures into digestible, interactive, and functional interfaces.

Catalog

Systems and tools.

Explore a curated catalog of custom-built software, dashboards, and research reports.

Systems Suite Live · v1.11.1

Rycode GRC

A complete governance, risk, and compliance suite built to model enterprise workflows. Features four interconnected registers (Entity, Risk, Control, and Defect), active browser database storage, and a dynamic 5×5 risk heat map designed for risk officers.

  • Governance
  • Chart.js
  • Risk Modeling
  • Vanilla JS
Analytical Dashboard Live · v1.0

Build vs. Buy

Interactive financial cost calculator comparing proprietary software development costs against recurring SaaS licenses using 7 key parameters and dynamic intersection curve mapping.

  • Calculators
  • Chart.js
  • Finance
Research Report Live · v1.0

SaaSpocalypse 2026

An emerging-risk intelligence briefing on the collapse of seat-based licensing models, the inversion of build-vs-buy decisions, and the growth vectors in modern GRC software.

  • Emerging Risk
  • Data Brief
  • Interactive Charts
Risk Tool Live · v1.0

Vendor Concentration Dashboard

An interactive mapping tool designed to audit single-point-of-failure SaaS dependency risks. Users can map infrastructure across 30+ domains, simulate vendor outages, and instantly visualize the operational blast radius and systemic failover states.

  • Dependency Audits
  • Risk Mapping
  • Interactive Grid
Risk Calculator Live · v1.0

Control Effectiveness

An ERM risk reduction calculator applying defense-in-depth formulas. Drag effectiveness sliders to calculate residual impact and export reports to CSV/PNG.

  • Enterprise Risk
  • CSV/PNG Export
  • Chart.js
B2B Dashboard Live · v1.0

Grocery SKU Swap

A gross-margin calculation tool comparing proposed SKU shifts, incorporating transition overhead, slotting fees, shrink, and cannibalization with PDF output capabilities.

  • Gross Margin
  • Print-to-PDF
  • CSV Export
Interactive Explainer Live · v1.0

Anatomy of a Deployment

A walkable visual map illustrating the client-server lifecycle, following code from local commit directories to edge CDN caching and browser paint cycles.

  • Systems Explainer
  • Vanilla JS
Technical History Live · v1.0

Atomic Proliferation

A deep-dive technical layout mapping the physics, firing systems, and control frameworks of early nuclear systems as a supreme exercise in catastrophic risk containment.

  • History
  • Technical Briefing
  • Data Tables
Interactive Explainer Live · v1.0

Teller–Ulam Scrubber

A milliseconds-scale timeline scrubber outlining the structural staging and physical sequences inside a thermonuclear reaction. Fully rendered in interactive SVGs.

  • Physics Explainer
  • SVG Scrubber

Collaborate

Let's discuss models and systems design.

Have inquiries regarding the dashboards, geopolitical maps, or interested in collaborating? Reach out.