I wanted to make scheduling meetups fuss-free, and trying to peer in on my friends' calendar apps wasn't cutting it. Enter Herdly! Aditi Bharade

My friends and I have trouble syncing our schedules for meetups.

I wanted to see how far I could get using AI to code a cute, helpful scheduling solution.

I used Lovable to build a web app and got a scheduler up and running within minutes.

My friends and I have a serious scheduling problem — and you might relate.

If you've ever tried to plan a dinner over WhatsApp or Telegram, you know the pattern. Someone suggests a date. A few people respond. Then messages go unanswered, and the plans don't happen.

I decided to rid my group chats of this scourge by building a scheduling app that would be fun to use — and using AI instead of writing my own code.

I've been experimenting with vibe coding , so I set myself a challenge. I would take a couple of minutes a day, over lunch, to see how far I'd get with building an app on the AI-coding platform Lovable .…