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Founder essay ยท May 2026 ยท 9 min read

Why we built skeditor: the case against self-booking apps for service businesses

Most scheduling apps got it backwards. They hand the booking link to the customer. That works in an office, where every meeting is interchangeable. It breaks down the moment your day involves a car. Here’s the case for inverting the model โ€” and the paper notebook that started it.

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