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Side Project Time Budget Calculator
Plan around your real life. Enter your weeknight build sessions, minutes per session, and weekend hours to get an instant picture of what kind of project fits your roadmap window.
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Side Project Time Budget Calculator
For builders with jobs, kids, and a short evening window. Use this to plan around reality instead of fantasy.
How it works
The calculator multiplies your weeknight sessions by their duration, adds your weekend block, and gives you a weekly builder-hour figure. It then projects that across your roadmap window so you can size your project honestly.
- Enter how many weeknights you realistically build and for how long.
- Add your weekend hours — be honest, not optimistic.
- Set your roadmap length in weeks and read the total capacity.
Everything updates instantly in your browser. No server, no signup, no tracking.
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