by Kerone Liu · learning in public · Mar 24, 2026 · 11 min read
The scheduling tool that turned its GitHub repo and open core into a top-of-funnel most SaaS would kill for.
THE RECEIPTS
Open core plus a very public repo. The code is the marketing: stars, forks, and issues are all distribution surface.
Developers discover it on GitHub, self-host, then convert to cloud. The repo ranks and the community amplifies.
The full crawl, the keyword map, the exact fixes, and the copy-paste template live inside the club. 2.1M visits a month, reverse-engineered.
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