I Deleted My Calendar Link. And I’m Never Going Back

Photo by Ramal Wickramasinghe on Unsplash🍕 I’m JA Westenberg. I write essays about technology, philosophy, productivity, and what it means to be human. If you like ideas that take their time, you’re in the right place.While you’re here, a few things I’ve built: Kerouac, a writing app | Post Through It, a solo microblogging tool | Distributism.ai, my MCP platform | Laterware, all the AI news you need | Studio Self, a thought leadership agency for founders x VCs.You can buy my book Permissionless here.Having a booking link I could fling in anyone’s direction used to feel like a superpower. Finally, I could avoid the hassle of actually managing and making decisions about my schedule. The dream of a generation, surely. Cal.com, Calendly, TidyCal, etc.- every time I set one up, I felt like I was making progress toward the grand goal of reducing drag and removing friction. No more back and forth, no more trying to find a slot that “works for everyone,” no more worrying about time zones and…