Lona Blog
A blog about product, design systems, and software engineering.
Introducing Lona 2.0: A New Era of Calendar Intelligence
We're excited to announce Lona 2.0, featuring AI-powered scheduling, enhanced team collaboration, and a completely redesigned interface that puts your time first.
Behind the Scenes: Building a Robust Calendar Sync System
A deep dive into how we built our calendar synchronization architecture to handle millions of events across Google Calendar, Outlook, and more.
Research: How AI Understands Your Meeting Preferences
Our research team explores the machine learning models powering Lona's intelligent scheduling suggestions and how they learn from your behavior.
How Our Design System Evolved with User Feedback
From initial sketches to production: the journey of building a design system that scales across web and mobile while maintaining consistency.
Building a Remote-First Culture: Lessons from Year One
What we learned building a distributed team across five countries, and how it shaped our product philosophy and company values.
Security Update: SOC 2 Compliance and Enhanced Encryption
Announcing our SOC 2 Type II certification and new end-to-end encryption features for sensitive calendar events and meeting notes.
The Surprisingly Complex World of Time Zones
Time zones are more complicated than you think. A technical exploration of the challenges in building software that handles time correctly.
10 Productivity Tips from the Lona Engineering Team
Our engineers share their favorite techniques for staying productive, managing their time effectively, and avoiding meeting fatigue.
Lona Mobile App: Now Available in Beta
We're excited to announce the beta launch of Lona's mobile app for iOS and Android, bringing powerful calendar management to your pocket.
2025 Year in Review: A Look Back at Our Journey
As we close out 2025, we reflect on the major milestones, product launches, and lessons learned throughout the year.
Introducing Lona API v2: More Power, Better Documentation
Lona API v2 is here with improved endpoints, better rate limits, and comprehensive documentation for developers building calendar integrations.
How We Fixed Recurring Events (And Why It Was So Hard)
Recurring events are deceptively complex. Here's how we rewrote our recurrence engine to handle edge cases that plague most calendar apps.
New Team Scheduling Features: Find Time Faster
Scheduling meetings with multiple people just got easier. Our new team scheduling features automatically find times that work for everyone.
Making Lona Accessible to Everyone
We've invested heavily in accessibility improvements including full keyboard navigation, screen reader support, and high contrast modes.
Calendar Analytics: Understand How You Spend Your Time
New analytics features help you understand meeting patterns, identify time drains, and optimize your schedule for deep work.
Performance Optimizations: 3x Faster Load Times
We've optimized Lona's performance with code splitting, lazy loading, and smart caching. The result? 3x faster load times.
Building an Ecosystem: 50+ Integrations and Counting
From Slack to Zoom to project management tools, Lona now integrates with over 50 popular apps to streamline your workflow.