Aaron, the person behind Cloudbase
Who's behind this

It's me. Aaron, in Harrisburg.

Someone asked me how they could get their own Cockpit. That's the whole reason this is a product. Here's the part that matters more than my name: I've spent since 2007 managing projects, people and change in corporate IT, and I still do it every day. Cloudbase is that discipline with the committee removed.

I have a day job and a pile of projects on the side, and for years I ran all of it out of a Flask app on a server under a different name. Projects first, then mileage because of the driving, then tickets because things kept getting lost in text messages, then time because I genuinely didn't know where my week went.

Every instrument here exists because I needed it on a specific Tuesday. That's the whole design method, and it's why the app has odometer fields and a not-billable default: real work has those, product demos don't.

I'm not raising money and I'm not hiring a growth team. There's no roadmap pressure to add a feed or a chat or an AI that summarizes your meetings without asking.

The whole pitch: you are not like everyone else, so software that assumes you are will always cost you something.

Who answers the email

Me, usually within a day. Not a queue, not a bot with my name on it.

What happens if I vanish

Your data exports by area, in formats that outlive me, whenever you ask — with a one-button whole-workspace bundle on the runway. That's the honest answer to a one-person company.

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Aaron, the person behind Cloudbase
Who's behind this

It's me. Aaron, in Harrisburg.

Someone asked me how they could get their own Cockpit. That's the whole reason this is a product. Here's the part that matters more than my name: I've spent since 2007 managing projects, people and change in corporate IT, and I still do it every day. Cloudbase is that discipline with the committee removed.

I have a day job and a pile of projects on the side, and for years I ran all of it out of a Flask app on a server under a different name. Projects first, then mileage because of the driving, then tickets because things kept getting lost in text messages, then time because I genuinely didn't know where my week went.

Every instrument here exists because I needed it on a specific Tuesday. That's the whole design method, and it's why the app has odometer fields and a not-billable default: real work has those, product demos don't.

I'm not raising money and I'm not hiring a growth team. There's no roadmap pressure to add a feed or a chat or an AI that summarizes your meetings without asking. If this ever gets big enough to need help, I'll say so out loud on the Runway.

The whole pitch: you are not like everyone else, so software that assumes you are will always cost you something.

Who answers the email

Me, usually within a day. Not a queue, not a bot with my name on it.

What happens if I vanish

Your data exports by area, in formats that outlive me, whenever you ask — with a one-button whole-workspace bundle on the runway. That's the honest answer to a one-person company.

Also mine, if you're curious: aaronaiken.me The Long Way
On a phone, on purpose

This is the short version of the site, cut down to what reads well on a small screen. The full thing — every instrument explained, the pricing configurator, the whole story — lives on the desktop site. Setting up is best there too. After that, Cloudbase comes with you: on your phone it's Today, a timer, a trip, a quick note and the rest, even offline.

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