Sergey Novikov

Sergey Novikov

Indie software developer
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A calm, intentional workspace for your tasks, projects, and ideas – where everything is a Page. No magic, just clarity. Write, link, and organize things explicitly. No AI guesses or hidden rules. Daily notes are built in. Nest pages freely, without planning a system upfront. Your Home shows only what needs attention right now. Nothing extra. Nothing in the way.
Samata
SamataA calm workspace for focused thinking
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Building a calm productivity tool — would love your early thoughts

Hi everyone! I’m preparing to launch Samata, a calm workspace for personal tasks, projects, and ideas. I built it after getting tired of tools that try to be too smart: AI suggestions, hidden automation, complex systems you end up maintaining instead of doing real work. Samata does the opposite – it’s intentionally simple and predictable: everything is a Page nothing happens unless you do it no...

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Would a simple project manager for solo workers make sense?

Hi everyone 👋 I’m working on an experiment - a minimalist productivity app built for solo workers, not teams. Most tools today (Notion, ClickUp, Basecamp) are amazing, but they assume you’re collaborating. When you work alone, all those roles, comments, permissions, and templates just get in the way. So I simplified everything down to one concept: 💡 Everything is a Page 💡. A Page can be a...

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Time-tracking for solo workers

I'm curious — am I the only one who's frustrated with modern time-tracking apps? I recently built a tool for myself because I couldn't find anything that: Doesn't require 50 sign-up steps Isn't packed with team features I'll never use Actually lets me own my data (looking at you, cloud-only services) Doesn't eat RAM like Chrome with 100 tabs My solution: Pure offline tracking Start/stop with...