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Thoughts on building Who's OOO, Symfony, and open-source development.
A short recap of what shipped in Who's OOO 0.3.0: a customizable iCal feed, a better org chart, public holidays in the request calendar, and an in-app news feed.
Read more — Who's OOO 0.3.0: Feed Customization, Org Chart, and Public HolidaysReal 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