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Business name: Pasadena Paws Mobile Grooming
One-line problem statement:
Maya's calendar showed open time her van couldn't actually make, so every new booking became a text thread. RuffRoute only offers times that fit her driving route, and refills cancellations by offering them to the right waiting customer, automatically.
Business profile:
Pasadena Paws is a fictional mobile grooming business in Pasadena, CA. Maya is a solo groomer with one 9-foot-tall van, working Tuesday to Saturday across 11 neighborhoods, from Altadena to Arcadia. Her quirks: whether a time works depends on the dog's size and coat, the customer's address, and the drive to and from her other stops; she needs a flat spot to park the van; heavily matted or reactive dogs need her approval; and a late cancellation leaves a gap she has no time to refill by text.
Project description:
RuffRoute turns "can I book with you?" into "you're booked" for mobile groomers, where an empty calendar slot isn't necessarily a usable appointment.
Before: customers text breed, weight and address, then wait for the groomer to work out whether her route allows it. Often two days of back-and-forth.
After: customers book in about 2 minutes (in our demo) and only see times that fit Maya's route, ranked by drive time and route fit, with plain-language reasons. When someone cancels, RuffRoute offers the slot to the best-fit customer on the waitlist; when they accept, their old slot is offered to the next match. Customers reschedule and cancel themselves, and reminders confirm attendance with one tap. A "Handled without Maya" panel tracks the work she no longer does.
Try it: open https://pasadenapaws.ruffroute.com to book as a customer. For Maya's side, go to /owner/login and tap "Sign in as Maya (demo)". The Demo controls page has a "Try it in 3 minutes" checklist, including a simulated cancellation.
All customers and data are fictional, and drive times are estimates. Built with Lovable, Supabase and Resend.
Links:
Ruff Route Product Demo - https://youtu.be/8f4jcIFq-HI
Ruff Route Process Video - https://youtu.be/WhOiXSZrW2I
Lovable project link - https://ruff-route.lovable.app
LinkedIn: https://lnkd.in/p/gedXfcE4
Live site: https://pasadenapaws.ruffroute.com
Live site (owner view): https://pasadenapaws.ruffroute.com/owner/login
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You can test it here: https://carmobifix.lovable.app/
submitted project: https://contra.com/community/KUoCqygQ-i-built-mobi-fix-nairobi-a
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you had credit left ? mine finished...like 4, 5 credits left..😂
I built GlowHaus Concierge for a fictional solo beauty studio in Lekki, Lagos.
The problem: a simple “Can I book with you?” can turn into 10+ messages, checking availability, collecting details, chasing deposits, confirming appointments, and handling reschedules.
So I built a system that turns:
“Can I book with you?” - “You’re booked.”
Customers can:
Choose a service
Pick an available time
Enter their details
Pay a deposit
Get confirmed
Reschedule themselves
And the owner gets a dashboard for bookings, deposits, follow-ups, and automations.
Built with @Lovable for the #lovablechallenge.
how long did the deposit flow take to get right?
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?
