Methodology
PTO
We scan the year, treat your workdays and selected holidays as given, and rank windows by consecutive days off, then efficiency, then fewer PTO days, then nearer to today.
Sports
Start times are official. Viewing windows are estimates from a central config you can change. TBD, postponed, and cancelled games are not treated as firm start times.
College weekends
Load is scored from official events only: commencement or football plus another major event is high; a single home football or family weekend is moderate.
Event dates
Conflict level is a deterministic stack of holidays, official local games, verified campus events, and dates you add locally.
Paydays
Default is no employer shift. Weekend/holiday collisions are shown. Optional previous/next business-day rules are yours to choose.