Blog - Page 2
Older updates from building hora Calendar. Page 2 of 4.
2026-05-08
Fixing Calendar Tile Contrast with OKLCH
How hora replaced ad-hoc tints with OKLCH-derived palettes and APCA-clamped contrast — 132 hue/mode/state combinations, all readable on Mac and iOS.
2026-05-06
Fantastical Alternative for Google Calendar
Fantastical costs $57–$84/year. If you only use Google Calendar on a Mac, here are the best alternatives — including hora Calendar at $49 lifetime.
2026-04-29
Public Beta Week One: Sentry and Shipping
Five days after hora Calendar's public beta on TestFlight: three patch releases, ~24 fixes, the SwiftData hang cluster Sentry caught on day one, and what's next for 0.7.
2026-04-22
hora Calendar public beta on TestFlight
hora Calendar 0.6.0 — the first public beta for macOS — opens Friday on TestFlight. Here's what's in it, what's coming in 0.7.0, and how to join the Discord.
2026-04-16
Real-time Google Calendar sync on macOS
How hora moved from 5-minute polling to real-time Google Calendar sync on macOS — events.watch, a Cloudflare Worker, and APNs silent push.
2026-04-14
Native App vs Electron and PWA: A Mac Dev's Take
Native app vs Electron vs PWA, from a solo dev shipping hora Calendar in Swift. Memory, feel, battery, and what each one actually costs you on macOS.
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