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Thoughts on building Who's OOO, Symfony, and open-source development.
Real stories of HR SaaS tools that shut down, got acquired, or hiked prices, and what they tell you about the cost of depending on a vendor for leave management.
Read more — HR SaaS Vendor Risk: When Your Leave Management Tool DisappearsHow I added optional 2FA to Who's OOO: encrypted TOTP secrets, Argon2id backup codes, rate limiting, and no open-redirect traps.
Read more — Adding Two-Factor Authentication to Who's OOOOutgrown your Google Sheets leave tracker? Here's a free self-hosted alternative with approvals, Slack sync, and shared team calendars.
Read more — Google Sheets Leave Tracker: A Free Self-Hosted AlternativeComparing self-hosted leave management to SaaS? See the real cost difference, GDPR implications, and which open source absence tracker fits your team.
Read more — Self-Hosted vs SaaS Leave Management: Open Source Tools ComparedEvery company I worked at tracked leave differently. Spreadsheets, calendar invites, Slack messages that got buried. At some point I got tired of it and built something.
Read more — Why I Built Who's OOO