Devlog
Articles tagged Devlog from the hora Calendar dev blog.
2026-05-14
I Replaced My Hand-Rolled Google Calendar API Client With Google's Swift Package
I spent a month hand-writing Google Calendar API code before switching to Google's Swift package. I would not do it again, but it was worth it.
2026-05-08
Fixing Yellow-on-Yellow: OKLCH + APCA for Calendar Event Tiles
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.
2026-04-29
Public beta week one: what Sentry caught and what shipped
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.
2026-04-13
The v0.6 QA grind: six groups, one week, a lot of taps
A week closing QA feedback on hora 0.6: zombie deletes, RSVPs ignoring taps, widget deep-links, and a SwiftData migration I had to revert.
2026-04-10
How we fixed the SwiftUI appearance bug
I wrote a help-wanted post about .preferredColorScheme on macOS. Here's the actual cause — and the three-line fix that made it go away.
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