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HEADROOM is the freelancer's fuel gauge: log one energy reading a day out of 100, see today's load against it, and export a capacity card to clients. I built it because I have tracked exactly this number in a notes file for a year and always wished it were an instrument instead. Built in Flowstep via MCP from Claude Code, with a locked brutalist design system and tons of love. 😍 🎉
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Just finished building a Salon Booking Management System!
The goal was simple: make appointment management easier for salon owners and reduce the manual work involved in handling bookings and reminders.
The system connects the complete workflow in one place:
1 Customer makes a booking
2 Booking gets confirmed
3 Owner sees it on the dashboard
4 Upcoming appointments are organized clearly
5 Reminders help the owner stay on top of appointments
One of the key things I focused on was making the experience simple, clean, and easy to understand, while keeping the workflow practical for a real business.
This project helped me think beyond just building screens — and focus more on the actual business problem, user flow, and overall product experience.
Excited to keep improving it and turn it into an even more polished product.
#BuildInPublic #SaaS #WebApp #BookingSystem #SalonManagement #ProductDesign #MVP #NoCode #Entrepreneurship
Good work
I built GlowHaus Studio, a streamlined booking experience for GlowHaus Studio, an independent hair studio in Atlanta, Georgia.
The goal was to remove the back-and-forth involved in turning a customer inquiry into a confirmed appointment. Customers can choose a service, see available time slots based on the service duration, enter their details, and confirm their appointment with a $25 deposit.
I also built an owner portal where the stylist can see upcoming appointments, view appointment details, manage the calendar, and handle reminders, rescheduling, and cancellations.
The idea was to make booking effortless for the customer while reducing the repetitive scheduling and follow-up work for a solo salon owner.
This feels much closer to the full customer handoff than just "pick a slot and book". Deposit, remaining balance, stylist, prep notes, location, calendar sync... all the little things that normally create follow-up messages are already there. Nice work. The pre-appointment prep notes are a particularly good touch.
How I built the booking system of Leo, a struggling solo detailer from Austin TX, from scratch. (LITERALLY) HAHAHA😂
I choose him as my fictional client because its a service where you hold brush all the time and drive all the time.
So the main issue is how can he manage his booking in business via a customize dashboard dedicated for an easy access in desktop (if he is at home browsing all transactions) or phone (where he can easily access everything via chat, dashboard or voice).
I choose to highlight the chat assistance as this will maximize fast support and response on the go. Where AI can be utilize as an online assistant that he can rely response for all the transactions he need to execute.
The fun part was the customer booking. I choose to make it just a 1 Hero section landing page with a chat support booking.
You will observe how the customer can book via chat or interact on the illustrations on the pages.
The concept was I don't need a long scrollable page because it will distract the customer for all the informations they need to browse.
I come up with an idea, why not make it a journey. Only show info based on where they are on the chat booking.
I prompted to make the 1/4 of the page dedicated to chat then 3/4 dedicated to interactive/dynamic content.
And now when a customer book, they only see information on the page related to their current booking steps.
If they are in Step 3 Services then all info like list of services with illustrations, FAQ, Did you know? and Out of scope (so they will know what to expect).
Happy to come up the idea where customer can easily track their booking via code or phone. And a chat support that they're to help them even if Leo is busy doing detailing.
I added some guide, documentations and video. So you can browse all the features.
Happy that I completed and published it ahead of time.
First Published on Lovable: Sep 26, 2026 (10:40 AM UTC)
Curious why I choose a fictional client located from Texas. Because way back 2024 I used to work with a client from Texas. And why not Austin. hehe
If you are interested what I built, see it here:
