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I Built a Minimalist Weekly Planner That Doesn't Suck

Osman Pehlivanoğlu on December 23, 2025

You know what I hate about most planning apps? They try to do everything. Gantt charts. Kanban boards. Team collaboration. AI assistants. Integrat...
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Northboundd •

This was a solid read. What stood out to me wasn’t just the minimalist UI, but how clearly you explain why certain constraints exist — it feels like a tool designed to reduce cognitive load, not just look clean.
I had one small thought while reading about how the weekly structure might be framed to make that benefit even clearer for first-time users. Happy to share if you’re open to it.

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Osman Pehlivanoğlu •

Thanks! Glad the reasoning behind the constraints came through. I'd definitely like to hear your thoughts on framing the weekly structure for first-time users — always looking to improve that explanation.

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kodla da gel •

Loving the clean design! This would be perfect for organizing my days and weeks. Have you considered adding a feature to share our daily/weekly plans with others?

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Osman Pehlivanoğlu •

Thank you so much! I'm really glad you like the design. That's actually a great suggestion! I'll work on adding that while keeping the design minimal. Thanks for the feedback!

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kodla da gel •

Looks beautiful 🤩

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Baudouin •

I had to think a little about the name before understanding that Do is for.. doing and We for week - my 2 cents

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Osman Pehlivanoğlu •

Good catch! It's actually a double meaning — 'Do' + 'Week', but also 'Do we?' (as in, will we do it this week?). Maybe a bit too subtle :)

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Derrick Richard •

Is this an open source project?

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Osman Pehlivanoğlu •

Not open source at the moment, but it's something I'm thinking about for the future once the codebase is more polished.

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AIOR TEKNOLOJI LIMITED SIRKETI •

Nice👍

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Osman Pehlivanoğlu •

Thank you AIOR.