Everything Joey Joey’s projects

A project by Joey Gilles

I’m building a personal AI app—and the tools around it.

I’m Joey Gilles. Everything Joey is my independent project to make technology more useful in my day-to-day life. Core is the app at the center: one place for AI, tools, and the projects I’m working on.

Why I’m doing it

I have a lot I want to build.

I have more ideas and interests than I can keep up with by hand. I want technology to take care of the repetitive parts—following updates, organizing projects, building and testing apps—so I can spend less time managing the process.

Core is the app. Everything Joey is the bigger collection of projects around it. It’s early, and I’m building it one useful piece at a time.

What I’m building and exploring

The projects

This covers the app, the systems that support it, and the experiments I want to turn into useful projects.

Automation Active

Automation and recovery

I’m building a control system for running long tasks, connecting AI agents and tools, checking what is healthy, and resuming interrupted work. The goal is less manual project management and safer recovery.

Now
Connecting the tools and documenting recovery steps
Next
Improve background checks and reliable restarts
Help
Free compute credits and reliable test tools
Monitoring Active

Personal updates and research

I’m organizing research and briefings around the things I follow: TV and movies, Baby Three and Miniverse collectibles, Chicago Fire, new technology, and local news. I care about reliable sources and catching meaningful updates without a flood of repeats.

Now
Improving source coverage and topic organization
Next
Make briefings more complete and less repetitive
Help
Official feeds, product information, and beta APIs
Income Careful review

Legitimate, low-maintenance income

My long-term goal is to build reliable income that takes very little ongoing work. I’m comparing software, referrals, and other legitimate options by setup, recurring effort, payout, risk, and realistic potential. Nothing is presented as income until it’s actually earning.

Now
Checking the fastest realistic options and requirements
Next
Test the promising options with minimal upkeep
Help
Reputable programs and practical business advice
Devices Active

Device, game, and product testing

I’m exploring local AI, ways to run games I own on iPad, and what new hardware can do. I’m also interested in legitimate beta programs, hands-on product trials, and giving useful feedback on devices and apps.

Now
Testing device compatibility and early product programs
Next
Build small prototypes and test them on real devices
Help
Device loans, review trials, and early access
Portfolio Growing

App builds and project notes

I’m connecting source control and build services so app projects can be built and checked more reliably. I also want to share clear examples of what works, what I learned, and what still needs work.

Now
Improving app builds and project documentation
Next
Publish working examples as they’re ready
Help
Build-system feedback and practical collaboration

Tools you can use

Local-first automation tools

Small, practical releases for people running local automation on macOS.

Diagnostics$9

Mac Automation Doctor

Read-only diagnostics for common launchd, executable-path, plist, and resource-pressure problems on macOS.

  • No sudo, process killing, or network calls
  • Local JSON and Markdown reports
Purchase Mac Automation Doctor

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Templates + runbooks$12

Local-First Automation Control Kit

Reusable templates and tested patterns for safer, recoverable local automation and local-AI workflows.

  • Task and receipt schemas, recovery runbook, and ownership worksheet
  • Zero-model health canary and a macOS launchd example
Purchase the Control Kit

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Product integrity

Paid releases are frozen QA archives. Mac Automation Doctor SHA-256: 0b70174d5d04c943c47e065b329ed0b0aaafe8cbae3975a904878d4be343851f

Local-First Automation Control Kit SHA-256: 76fd0265aef0cdd3d7279ec74840669d92c79d8fac986571e607f3134fdc3683

Where things stand

What’s next

Last updated

A manually updated snapshot of what I’m doing, what I’m focused on, and what comes next.
AreaStageCurrent focusNext step
Core appPlanningHow iPhone and iPad share informationBuild a usable first version
AutomationGetting it set upTasks that keep running and recover cleanlyMake it easier to spot and fix a stopped task
Updates and researchImproving coverageSources, completeness, and duplicate storiesTighten briefings and alert rules
Income ideasResearchingSetup, effort, and payout rulesFocus on legitimate options with little upkeep
App builds and devicesActive experimentsBuild services and device compatibilityGet more prototypes to a usable state

The bigger goal

Less time on busywork.
More time to build.

I want a setup that can take a project from an idea to useful, verified progress—with local devices, online services, and background automation working together. I want clear costs, honest status, and my approval for decisions that affect my accounts, money, or private information.

01Tell it what I needKeep the request and useful context together
02Pick the right toolUse my iPad, Mac, or an online service
03Get the work startedSearch, build, check, or keep track of something
04See what happenedKnow what worked and what needs my attention

A few ground rules

What matters to me

These matter as much as getting something to work.

01

Finish useful things

I’m interested in results I can show and use, not big claims about what might be possible.

02

Get the facts right

Research should be traceable, and uncertainty should be called out.

03

Keep approval where it belongs

I stay in control of account access, payments, and sensitive personal decisions.

04

Spend carefully

Start with the devices and free resources I have; make costs clear before anything changes.

Partnerships and access

Open to the right opportunities.

I’m interested in legitimate product-testing and beta programs, device loans or review access, developer tools and compute credits, and small collaborations that can lead to a working prototype. I can offer hands-on testing, thoughtful feedback, and a clear account of what I learn.