Sergey Novikov

Sergey Novikov

Indie software developer
16 points

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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.

Sergey Novikov

18d ago

Samata - A calm workspace for focused thinking

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.
Sergey Novikov

4mo ago

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.

Sergey Novikov

8mo ago

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

Sergey Novikov

1yr ago

Kaban - Turn your Telegram into a task management app for your team

Tasks will no longer get lost in chats and you won't have to switch to other apps to find them. Set due dates, priorities and assign tasks. Add tags, attachments, task covers, comments and reactions - all this in the familiar Telegram interface.