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Practical lessons, research, and behind-the-scenes thinking from the team building Plantime.
June 12th, 2026 · 10 min read
Seven scheduling tools, compared for restaurants. What each one does well, where it falls short, and the five-question framework that tells you which one fits.
Read articleMay 27th, 2026 · 9 min read
How to forecast demand, build fair rotations, and publish weekly schedules without losing your weekends. A practical playbook for restaurant managers.
Read articleMay 11th, 2026 · 4 min read
Plantime's dynamic scheduling engine guarantees 100% viable plans from the very first draft. Built constraint-driven and powered by Rust, it rapidly iterates through millions of valid pathways and learns from every edit you make.
Read articleJanuary 25th, 2026 · 5 min read
Fair scheduling isn't an HR perk. It's an operational advantage, backed by recent research from the University of Bern and real-world results across industries.
Read articleJanuary 8th, 2026 · 4 min read
A human take on a popular shift scheduling app and a modern When I Work alternative
Read articleDecember 6th, 2025 · 8 min read
How we borrowed ideas from game design to fix one of the most annoying workflows in business
Read articleNovember 18th, 2025 · 8 min read
A data-driven and approachable look at why scheduling has become the breaking point for restaurants, and how modern tools are quietly fixing it.
Read articleNovember 13th, 2025 · 3 min read
Compare Planday and Plantime. One is an all-in-one management suite, the other is a focused AI scheduler that builds your shifts automatically.
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