[-] VanillaWasp@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 1 day ago

the sad part is most of these aaa slop games aren't worth the time or risk

cant wait to see all the reasons the normencattle come up with as to why they still need linkedin

pretty dang fragile So tired of fragile software BUT its usually free and responsibility falls on me to contribute or stfu.

Now shitty paid software? I could rant for days.

I'm saving nextcloud for when I need to scale and have more hardware.

never hurts to learn.

Cal.com is open-source and selfhostable without too much issue. The issues just stem from proton's encryption and cal.com still being in development.

Odoo seems super heavy for my use-case but thanks for sharing. Never hurts to have backups. easyappointments doesn't seem too bad.

The site is basic wordpress atm and I've got a separate server for hosting webapps.

Thanks this might be the solution. Fingers crossed it supports round-cube without issues.

Maybe I'm misunderstanding, but you're saying shared/sync'd and updateable calendars outside of big tech like google is still an unsolved problem?

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I need to add booking to my website. I stumbled upon cal.com which seemed great. However I've run into 2 issues.

My current options for calendars are Protonmail and cpanel/webmail/roundcube.

cal.com doesn't really work with either of these. For proton its mostly on proton's side, their calendars are read-only externally + a bit buggy: https://github.com/calcom/cal.com/issues/5756

Roundcube uses caldav, and cal.com's support is still in beta with most caldev's being unsupported: https://github.com/calcom/cal.com/issues/3457

Roundcube got me the farthest but the booking emails just don't get sent and the calendar event pops up maybe an hour later + there's 75% the booking just doesn't work. I was told this was the calendars fault 😂.

SO

Are there any selfhosted calendar implementations that support ics feed, external viewing ,etc etc that I can throw on a standard webserver?

Or are there any better foss booking systems?

I just need to book clients and connect it back to a working calendar that's not locked to a desktop. I thought this would be a solved problem in 2026...

I'm not trying to pay for yet ANOTHER software on top of business mail, and a webserver.

Thanks.

[-] VanillaWasp@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 month ago

The biggest way you can help is to TAKE ACTION. Get the ball rolling. Regardless what you think the solution is. Take action to make it happen. Don't wait on "someone else" will do it. If you don't have the skills or know how. Reach out to someone who does, keep the ball rolling

[-] VanillaWasp@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 month ago

exactly that's why actions speak louder in these cases.

[-] VanillaWasp@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Lets not act like this is an impossible task.

There is a process and actually multiple ways to accomplish this. Looking into, we might not even need to fork android, but just support existing alternatives.

I would think the first step is to fork the Android Open Source Project. use that as a base, start cutting out any links to google, fill in the gaps, etc. This is obviously not my realm of expertise but there is a path.

"170,000 tech workers lost their jobs in the U.S. in the 18 months prior to mid-2025"

Don't tell me we can't scrape together a team of experts and make this happen. Yes there will be barriers and push-back, but its either this or we just keep deepthroating google.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/03/the-fairphone-2-hits-five-years-of-updates-with-some-help-from-lineageos/

https://itsfoss.com/linux-phones/

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With the upcoming changes to how Google handle's app verification, the future of the android ecosystem looks pretty grim.

While there are calls to petition and protest, it is long past time to take our phones out of the hands of google and into the community.

With the mass tech layoffs, the ai storm taking jobs,etc, there are more than enough skilled devs with free time to make this happen. We as the community need to support them financially.

Please help spread the message in your various channels. If you're technically capable enough, start the process!

https://keepandroidopen.org/open-letter/

https://f-droid.org/en/2026/02/24/open-letter-opposing-developer-verification.html

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