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Same week, same 42 messages, played twice through the app's own scheduling engine.
Maya on her own: 13 customers lost, 9h 33m on her phone.
Maya with Snout: 0 lost, 1 minute, 9 more dogs.
You can run it yourself and play with the numbers: snout-booking.lovable.app/replay
Maya is made up, but her week isn't. She runs Suds & Snouts, one van, Austin. Her hands are wet all day, so she texts back late and people book someone else. She can't just put a calendar online either, because when she can come depends on where you live, how big your dog is, and the heat (no big dogs between 1 and 4).
So I built the part that answers for her.
Send it a messy text like "hiii can u do my doodle biscuit thurs after 3??". It works out the dog, the street and how long the groom takes, then tells you straight that Thursday after 3 won't work for a big doodle in that heat. And it gives you three times that do. One tap and you're booked.
On the website you pick a time on a map of the van's route, and slots right next to another stop are $10 cheaper.
Maya never types. She says "block Friday afternoon, van's in the shop" and Snout shows her what it's about to do (move two dogs, text both owners, offer the gap to the waitlist) before it does it. She can also write rules like "max 3 dogs on Tuesdays" and see which bookings they'd break.
Three things to try, no login needed:
Inbox, tap Kayla's message
Owner, say "I'm running 20 minutes late"
Replay, watch the week
Everything is built in Lovable. One scheduling engine runs all of it, including the replay, so the numbers at the top come from the same code that books the dogs.
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Day 3 of working on my project for the Lovable Challenge.
And somehow, almost one full day of those three went into the intro you see when the page first opens.
Not because it was necessary — mostly because I’ve wanted to try something like this for a long time.
Web design and development are far from my main field, so I kept putting this idea off. This challenge finally gave me a reason to test it properly — and seeing it actually work is ridiculously satisfying.
The video was converted into an image sequence and tied directly to scrolling on desktop and swiping on mobile, so the animation is controlled by the user as they move through the page.
Right now the project is already at Build 4.2.3.
The backend is working properly, the main mechanics are in place, but visually… there’s still a lot to redo. The current plan is to rebuild almost the entire visual layer before the final version.
I also found out today that Lovable reduced the number of prize spots quite significantly — apparently, there will only be 3 finalists.
That definitely makes the odds a little more painful 😅
But either way, I’m already getting a new portfolio case out of this project, and I’m finally experimenting with things I’ve wanted to build for a long time.
How’s everyone else doing?
Still working on your project, or have you already submitted it?
Or did you decide not to participate at all? If so, I’m curious — what made you skip it?
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What I Built
I built Glow & Grace, a self-service booking website for a solo, home-based nail studio in DHA Phase 5, Karachi. Clients can view services and prices, pick an open time slot, and get instantly confirmed — no messages exchanged with the owner. The owner has a simple dashboard where every booking appears automatically, along with deposit status, so there's no manual confirming or texting required.
Why I Built It
Solo, appointment-based businesses like small nail studios, salons, and home-based service providers often run entirely on WhatsApp. The owner is doing the client's nails with one hand and replying to booking messages with the other — checking availability, confirming times, and texting reminders, all manually. This doesn't scale, wastes hours every week, and leads to double-bookings or missed messages. I wanted to solve the actual bottleneck: turning "can I book with you?" into "you're booked" without the owner lifting a finger, while also addressing the no-show problem with a small deposit built into the booking flow.
Soical Post Link: https://lnkd.in/p/dbXGPbzt
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