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Work · April 25, 2025

RotaHog

Hey HN, I’m a manager who’s been burned by the chaos of organizing rotas in spreadsheets. Think all-hands facilitation, retros, or even team newsletters. It’s unfair (someone always gets stuck), messy, and forget about reminders. And it’s not just work; my partner and I have had our share of “who’s cooking this week?” squabbles. So, I built RotaHog: a tool to make any rota fair, trackable, and automated with smart notifications. Whether you’re a team lead juggling meeting duties or a couple splitting chores, it’s designed to kill the spreadsheet nightmare. The MVP is live. Basic task…

RotaHog launched on April 25, 2025 with 21 votes, #922 of 7,818 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 1 year on.

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What it does

RotaHog fixes rota chaos for teams, and couples. No more unfair, messy spreadsheets. Fair task rotation, tracking & smart notifications (Slack, email). MVP is live, and it's free. Share your rota pain!

RotaHog: Simple, free team task rotation scheduling.

Create and share recurring team responsibilities in under 30 seconds. No login required*. FREE! *Login needed to claim rotations and enable email reminders. Define your task, frequency (weekly/bi-weekly), and start date. We generate the schedule and provide a shareable link. Claim it to enablefrom rotahog.com

In the maker’s words, at launch

Hey HN, I’m a manager who’s been burned by the chaos of organizing rotas in spreadsheets. Think all-hands facilitation, retros, or even team newsletters. It’s unfair (someone always gets stuck), messy, and forget about reminders. And it’s not just work; my partner and I have had our share of “who’s cooking this…

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