I Fell in Love with Calendar.txt
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The author shares their experience of using a simple 'calendar.txt' file for managing their schedule, sparking a discussion on the merits of minimalistic approaches to calendar management and personal productivity.
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I used to more or less do this and even modify my .plan[1] file when finger(1) and .plan were actually a thing. The modern equivalent seems to be to have a page at the path /now on your website and I dig it.
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finger_(protocol)#Finger_user_...