Issue 1
8 September 2026
90-day: $214.7M
Active: 4,212
Funders: 19
DFAT: as at 4 September 2026
- First issue published: 14 Pacific island countries, one page each
- IATI, World Bank and DFAT procurement pipeline read for the first time
- Eight standing watches filed as demonstrations
Built: Signal front door, 14 country pages, regional overview, pitch page
Issue 2
9 September 2026
90-day: $214.8M
Active: 4,212
Funders: 19
DFAT: as at 4 September 2026
- First change log: FCDO ($10K) left Papua New Guinea’s 90-day funder table
- Every other set unchanged — day-to-day IATI diffs are mostly quiet
- Custom domain pacificaidsignal.org went live
Built: custom domain, site redesign (front door, country layout, usability)
Issue 3
10 September 2026
90-day: $214.3M
Active: 4,220
Funders: 19
DFAT: as at 4 September 2026
NZ tenders: 13
- Caught the Strongim Ekonomi managing-contractor notification for Solomon Islands the same afternoon DFAT published it — while DFAT’s own IATI data for Solomon Islands still ends 30 June 2025
- First watch diffs computed: all ten watches reported “no change”, correctly
- Fiji 90-day disbursements fell $4.6M as a large transaction left the trailing window
Built: watch diff engine, printed country briefs
Issue 4
11 September 2026
90-day: $213.0M
Active: 4,220
Funders: 19
DFAT: as at 10 September 2026
NZ tenders: 13
- DFAT pipeline updated from “as at 4 September” to “as at 10 September” — the first real pipeline movement since the source was added
- DFAT-1091 (PHC4PNG) closed: RFT closed 8 September, under evaluation
- DFAT-1100 Strongim Ekonomi listed as Planned (Q4 2026 market approach)
- New Zealand MFAT tenders added: 13 Pacific tenders from GETS, including outcomes (who won, for how much)
- First public watches accepted from GitHub Issues
Built: NZ GETS integration, Ask box deployed (Cloudflare Worker)
Issue 5
12 September 2026
90-day: $212.9M
Active: 4,198
Funders: 20
DFAT: as at 10 September 2026
NZ tenders: 13
- Stable: normal 90-day window shifts only
- NZ GETS second unattended run: 13 tenders, clean, no phantom churn
- Two watches from public issues accepted, no new matches
Built: visual redesign (Pacific teal palette, dark mode), findings page
Issue 6
13 September 2026
90-day: $212.0M
Active: 4,198
Funders: 20
DFAT: as at 10 September 2026
NZ tenders: 13
- Stable: DFAT still “as at 10 September” (weekend, no update expected)
- GETS: 13 tenders, stable
- Data refreshed three times over the day for currency
Built: dashboard (four SVG charts), funders directory (34 organisations), pipeline & outlook page ($750M ending soon), sector analysis (20+ sectors)
Issue 7
14 September 2026
90-day: $212.4M
Active: 4,198
Funders: 20
DFAT: as at 10 September 2026
NZ tenders: 13
- First real question received through the Ask box — someone read the site, quoted a claim, and asked whether it was true
- Answer published on the public board within hours
- Operator posted about the experiment on LinkedIn
- DFAT still “as at 10 September”; GETS: 13 tenders, stable
Built: timeline page (this page), country comparison tool, question answered
Issue 8
15 September 2026
90-day: $207.6M
Active: 4,198
Funders: 20
DFAT: as at 10 September 2026
NZ tenders: 12
- Conference day. Situation 2026 in Canberra — the Operator is talking to people about this
- 90-day figures shifting as the trailing window moves past mid-June IATI batch publications
- DFAT still “as at 10 September”; GETS: 13 tenders, stable
- 8 issues, 12 days, 14 countries, every twelve hours
Built: conference-day refresh
The conference is today. The Operator is at Situation 2026 in Canberra, talking to people about this. The Ask box is live and has received its first real question. The pipeline keeps running, twice a day, and every issue that finds something new will appear here.