In the works
Health Log
Buildingongoing
Food, water, and workout logging with email sign-in and sync. An API key lets Shortcuts and AIs log for you.
❯ ls ~/ducate/projects --timeline
Projects, 2012 to now
Building
Launched
Archived
$ projects --status building
❯ ??? — something else in the works
❯ ??? — something else in the works
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Watch Next
Launched2026
Movie and TV recommender. Start from a title you love or a theme, and get picks with artwork, trailers, and where they stream in your region.
open /watch/ →
Learn Russian
Launched2026
A personalized Russian learning app with spaced-repetition flashcards, practice games, and grammar drills.
open /russian/ →
Book Quote
Launched2026
Quote image generator for readers. Find the book, type the line, and export a clean image with the cover on it, ready to share.
open /quote/ →
Vite Spot
Archived2020–2023, archived 2026
Archive memorial of my WordPress blog covering the Vite ecosystem — Vitely recaps, DEX guides, and Affinity Designer graphics.
open /vitespot/ →
AppDucate
Archived2012–2014, archived 2022
Archive memorial of my WordPress blog educating Mac and iOS users — 112 tutorials, Pixelmator graphics, and Wayback links.
open /appducate/ →❯ cat ~/ducate/releases.log
Release notes
Learn Russian launchesLaunch
Learn Russian goes live: 300 phrases in ten units, grammar lessons, spaced review, and optional email sign-in so progress syncs across devices. It replaces RusDucate, and the old app now points here.
open /russian/ →Quote v2v2
Quote rebuilt in the v2 design, with Square and Midnight as the new defaults.
open /quote/ →Watch v2v2
Watch rebuilt in the v2 design, adding by genre as a fourth way in. Every pick now opens a popup with its trailer, cast, and where it streams.
open /watch/ →Ducate v2: the winding timelinev2
The homepage rebuilt as one winding line through every project, 2012 to now. The old hero is gone; projects come first.
Watch launchesLaunch
Watch, the movie and TV recommender, goes live. Start from a title you love or a theme and get picks with where they stream in your region.
open /watch/ →Quote launchesLaunch
Quote goes live. Find the book, type the line, and export a clean shareable image with the cover on it.
open /quote/ →AppDucate archive publishedArchive
The AppDucate memorial goes up at /appducate/: a WordPress blog that taught Mac and iOS users from 2012 to 2014, 112 tutorials preserved.
open /appducate/ →Vite Spot archive publishedArchive
The Vite Spot memorial goes up at /vitespot/, preserving the WordPress blog that covered the Vite ecosystem from 2020 to 2023.
open /vitespot/ →RusDucate beginsBuilding
Work starts on RusDucate, a personalized Russian learning app with spaced-repetition flashcards, practice games, and grammar drills.
open /rus/ →ducate.com launchesLaunch
The first version of this site goes live: a portfolio home for the apps and the archives.
Hello, I'm Damien
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Passionate learner exploring web & app development and AI.
Usually into new hobbies, side projects, old movies, and platinum trophies.