https://www.thefinalartefact.xyz/categories/productivity/Recent content in Productivity on The Final ArtefactHugoen-gbMon, 12 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.thefinalartefact.xyz/post/codex-calendar-app/Mon, 12 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.thefinalartefact.xyz/post/codex-calendar-app/<p>After a small change in my son&rsquo;s schedule, I wanted to keep everything consistent while making it easy to share. That kicked off a small calendar-planning tool with a few requirements: a clean, printable calendar view, no paid app or subscription for a one-off need, and a way to subscribe or export the calendar so it stays visible across all of my devices.</p> <h2 id="background">Background</h2> <p>I first looked at Apple Calendar, but its printing options are limited and a presentable, readable calendar was non-negotiable. Fantastical would cover everything I needed, yet I was not keen to buy a license for a one-off need. I also considered using something like InDesign with scripting to build a polished calendar, but that felt like overkill and would have required learning additional tooling and writing a fairly complex calendar builder. Google Calendar had similar printing limitations. Given all of that, building a small software package felt like the right choice: I could script the visuals and color coding, export to ICS, and control schedule changes via versioned JSON files.</p>