Freelancing: How I found clients, part 1

Re:Freelancing: How I found clients, part 1 by thibaultamartin on Tuesday February 25, 2025 @03:20AM (#43169455)

I've found cal.com to be a more pleasant experience than calendly. The interface looks more polished, it has a ton of integrations and it works really well.

I could in theory self-host it but I'd rather use a service with a proper team to maintain it.

The free tier does everything I need. I'd be more than willing to pay ~€5/month for it to contribute to its sustainability, but there is no paying tier that makes sense to me as an individual an occasional contractor.

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Re:Freelancing: How I found clients, part 1 by lzr_mihnea on Tuesday February 25, 2025 @04:01AM (#43169679)

Didn't know about this. Thank you!

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Re:Freelancing: How I found clients, part 1 by Imustaskforhelp on Tuesday February 25, 2025 @06:20AM (#43170531)

was looking for such type of comment.

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Re:Freelancing: How I found clients, part 1 by garrickvanburen on Tuesday February 25, 2025 @10:54AM (#43173502)

I'm also very big fan of cal.com.

Their URL design is great, the flexibility of their free plan is great.

And my no-show rate went from >50% to maybe 1 a month compared Calendly.

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Re:Freelancing: How I found clients, part 1 by abound on Wednesday February 26, 2025 @09:43AM (#43184037)

I self-host Cal.com and broadly agree: it works great, has a clean look, and is super customizable.

That said, getting it running was kind of a nightmare. I forget the details, but I had to edit a few different codebases and Docker images. And just the `docker build` required a database running and the frontend build kept OOMing my computer and failing with esoteric errors when I tried Podman.

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