Guides
Google Calendar Views: Day, Week, Month, or Schedule?
Google Calendar has six views: Day, Week, Month, Year, Schedule, and 4-day. Here's when to use each one and how to switch fast on a Mac.
Maciej Szamowski8 min read
Stories
Product updates
hora Calendar 1.0: The Mac App I Wanted for Google Calendar
hora Calendar 1.0 is a native Google Calendar client for Mac with direct sync, menu bar access, focus planning, and privacy built around local data.
Maciej Szamowski8 min read
Engineering
Google CalDAV vs Calendar API: Which Should You Use?
Does Google Calendar support CalDAV? Yes. Compare Google CalDAV with the Calendar API, including sync, OAuth, event data, and multi-provider tradeoffs.
Maciej Szamowski11 min read
Engineering
Google Calendar API in Swift: The Package I Missed
I hand-built a Google Calendar API client in Swift, then migrated hora to Google's GTLR library. See the code, tradeoffs, and rate-limit lessons.
Maciej Szamowski10 min read
Guides
7 Best Time Blocking Apps for Mac in 2026
Compare 7 time blocking apps for Mac, from Apple and Google Calendar to hora, Sunsama, Motion, and Reclaim, and choose the right planning style.
Maciej Szamowski14 min read
Engineering
How I Fixed SwiftUI Color Contrast with OKLCH and APCA
A TestFlight screenshot exposed unreadable calendar tiles. Here is how I rebuilt hora's SwiftUI color system with OKLCH, APCA-style checks, and tests.
Maciej Szamowski10 min read