How it was built
The fleet, project by project
Most dates are the first that appear in my recovered archive; the rest come from my own records. It goes project by project, in the order each one started; I kept working on every one of them while I started the next.
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Before Nov 2025
Entrepreneurial Type Indicator
Built with ChatGPT and sometimes Gemini, then uploaded to the live server to test and report back. On Nov 4, 2025 I discovered Claude and started gaining momentum, though still editing locally on two Macs, uploading, testing and reporting back. It later became StartEase; the original is now frozen, still serving its last cohort.
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Oct 2025
Uncarcerated
My first client project, putting what I had learned to the test. Its contractor agreement is dated Oct 10, 2025.
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Dec 15, 2025
ComicValuator, AllTogetherNow
I discovered Claude Code and gained far more momentum, though everything was still painfully local. ComicValuator came first.
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Jan 20, 2026
SquadEase
A local hiring marketplace. It later became HireEase, and is now retired.
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Mar 12, 2026
Keto Meal Planner
A single conversation that produced a 30-day calendar linking to recipes, rather than a project on the server.
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Mar 24, 2026
LaunchEase, StartEase
On Mar 9 I figured out I could move to Claude in the cloud, my own cloud on a shared server. It had obstacles, but development got far faster. LaunchEase and StartEase began the same day, the first new projects built that way.
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Mar 24 – May 16, 2026
BoxOfficeLoco, ExemplaryFilms, RAKD Club
LaunchEase generated all three as test sites; each was finished later on its own. In late April I had twin boys, which understandably took me away for a time, and still does now and then.
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May 7–11, 2026
VentureEase Enterprises, VentureEase Academy, HireEase
The VentureEase pivots: I ported the type indicator into StartEase and SquadEase into HireEase, and built out the rest of the ecosystem.
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Jun – Jul 2026
Microbiology Flashcards
I couldn't afford a subscription for a while. During the stop, on Jul 6, a single conversation produced an interactive flashcard set.
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Aug 1–3, 2026
The AI Fleet
A much more powerful server, and automated tasks from development to marketing, every mechanism built to work around Claude's limitations. Two days from decision to running; ten projects by Aug 10, and staging by Sep 2.
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Aug 21, 2026
damianniolet.me, Baseline Your Life, ChooseHapp
Three sites brought into the fleet on the same day. ChooseHapp has since been retired.
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Sep 8–15, 2026
Veterans For Peace NCF
Managing context for an entire fleet became the biggest hurdle: on Sep 8 the fleet ran past its monthly allowance, and on Sep 10 I built a total kill switch that only I can revive. On Sep 15 the Veterans For Peace chapter site began.
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Oct 8, 2026
Hyper City
From late September the Fleet Auditor, and then a Cloud Auditor, carried the workflow past the common hang-up of agents losing context, and I started finishing earlier projects. Hyper City came next.
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Oct 20, 2026
Think Quadratic
Brought onto the server, starting with removing and replacing its old content management system.
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Oct 21–26, 2026
Scott Camil, By the Letters, collectiblesmart, Squishy Robots
Four more in a week: a site for Scott Camil (Oct 21), By the Letters (Oct 22), collectiblesmart (Oct 23–24) and Squishy Robots (Oct 26).