Scott Farestrand

Scott Farestrand

From 'we should hang out' to hanging out

About

I retired from an IT career a little over a year ago and thought it'd be fun to finally build apps, so I made a few small ones for myself. I like to think I'm user-oriented. I use tech to make people's lives easier, not for its own sake. Then a real app found me! After I retired, my 23-year-old daughter (yeah, I'm an old guy who started late with kids) told me she and her friends share calendars just to find time to hang out, then sort the details over group texts. Two things bugged me. Sharing full calendars felt like a privacy problem. And group texts — I can't stand them; the noise makes me mute my phone, and I miss what matters. So I built Cohezy: a way for friends and family to find time together without exposing anyone's calendar, and make the plan without the group-text chaos.

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Gone streaking

Maker History

  • cohezy
    cohezyHangouts made easy — no group texts, private by design
    Aug 2026
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    Joined Product HuntJune 12th, 2026

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cohezy - Hangouts made easy — no group texts, private by design

Cohezy helps friends and family make plans. Connect your calendars and it finds when everyone's free — without revealing anyone's schedule details. Then it replaces the group-text scramble with polls for the what and where, a planning chat that won't blow up your phone, claimable bring-lists, and RSVPs so you know who's coming. It's not another calendar app — it lives on top of your Apple/Google Calendar and adds finalized plans automatically. From "we should hang out" to actually hanging out.
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