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AI Workspace · Deep Dive
Product

The Best AI Productivity Tool in 2026 Isn't What You Expect

Everyone is bolting AI onto existing apps. We asked a different question: what if the workspace itself was intelligent from the ground up? Here's what we learned building Planito's Intelligence layer — and why context is everything.

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Sarah Chen·Apr 20, 2026·9 min read
TASK MANAGEMENT
Productivity

Stop Using 5 Apps to Manage Your Tasks: The Case for One Unified Inbox

Todoist, Notion, Slack, email, sticky notes — the average knowledge worker juggles 4.8 task systems. Here's the cognitive cost, and why one well-designed list beats them all.

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James Park·Apr 16, 2026·6 min read
CALENDAR DESIGN
Design

Why Every Productivity Calendar App Gets the Weekly View Wrong

Three redesigns, 200 user interviews, and one uncomfortable truth: people don't use calendar apps to schedule — they use them to think. Here's what changed when we designed for that.

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Maya Ramos·Apr 10, 2026·7 min read
REACT · PERFORMANCE
Engineering

How We Built a Zoomable, Editable Node Graph in React Without a Single Library

Most teams reach for React Flow or D3 for graph UIs. We didn't. Here's the full technical breakdown of building Planito's Structure View with pure state, SVG, and pointer events.

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Alex Kim·Mar 28, 2026·11 min read
STARTUP · BUILDING
Company

From Side Project to 24,000 Users: What We Learned Shipping Planito in 90 Days

We quit our jobs in January 2026. By April, Planito had 24,000 active users. No funding hype, no viral launch — just relentless shipping and listening. Here's every decision that mattered.

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Emma Wilson·Mar 18, 2026·8 min read
DEEP WORK · FOCUS
Productivity

Deep Work Is Dead. Here's How to Get It Back With a Smarter Planning System

Slack pings, calendar chaos, and 47 open tabs have made sustained focus nearly impossible. We looked at how high-output teams are using structured workspaces — not willpower — to do their best work.

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James Park·Mar 5, 2026·5 min read
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