Craftplan
Web and SaaS
production management
SHOW HN2026
577points
167comments
#35of 4,366 in 2026
Top 1%of 2026 by points
How HN took it
LovedMost comments that take a side are positive
27 positive, 14 neutral or asking, 5 mixed, 3 critical, out of 49 comments about the project. Thread score +0.51.
Idea: 7 for, 0 againstDesign: 5 for, 0 againstExecution: 3 for, 0 againstPerformance: 0 for, 2 againstDocs: 2 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Clean, well-designed UI and codebase
From 3 comments
This is a great piece of software, with much thought put into nitty gritty details. Aside from the gripes around the mobile experience that some have outlined here, I would say…
shane_kerns on HNAs someone who struggled with ERPs, this is super-nice and clean!
cyberax on HNHonestly, well done and thanks for sharing it. I also really appreciate the fact that you included multiple screenshots of the UI, as well as some of the agent plans. Reading the…
dabedee on HN
Built for a specific real user rather than generic
From 2 comments
The approach of building for one specific user (your wife) rather than abstracting too early is underrated. You end up with something that actually fits the workflows instead of…
Soerensen on HNAssuming this was user tested in hand with your wife, it’s nice to this kind of project built for a real user. So often, these tools lack usability because they’re built…
ewalk153 on HN
BOM with cost rollups and allergen tracking are useful
From 2 comments
The approach of building for one specific user (your wife) rather than abstracting too early is underrated. You end up with something that actually fits the workflows instead of…
Soerensen on HNI think this is a very nicely thought out approach. I particularly like it doing allergen tracking. Obviously you're at the mercy of supplier/supply-chain integrity but if you do…
ggm on HN
Easy Docker compose setup
From 1 comment
I love that you can just "curl download the docker compose file and docker up" to run. Awesome UX.
joeyguerra on HN
Objections
Live demo slow or not loading, likely due to traffic
From 4 comments
Live demo not loading for me - hug of death?
rubymamis on HNLogin submission hangs forever, guessing too much traffic
alexcroox on HNThis looks great! Love the screenshots, although I'm unable to login to the app. Likely due to the extra traffic this post has gotten. How long did it take you to build this ?
dhatawesomedude on HNThat is one good-looking website. Seems like the live demo website is about to die though.
peterpost2 on HN
Mobile layout issues with pop-ups and production schedule
From 2 comments
This is amazing! My wife is also planning to open up a bakery and I was thinking of building something similar. Hadn’t thought of that daily production workflow, just the…
spockz on HNNice work. My wife will love this. Only minor gripe is the production schedule doesn't play nicely on mobile. Text leaks between columns.
lateral_cloud on HN
Forecasting and reorder logic hard-coded
From 1 comment
Is the logic behind "Usage Forecast" and "Reorder Planner" hard-coded somewhere? I'm not seeing any configuration for that, so I had to ask the question.
mandeepj on HN
Requests
Support semi-finished products like jam used as ingredients
From 1 comment
Awesome, does it support Semiproducts? For example I'm making my own jam (sugar + fruit) and then I use this again as a material in different finished products, say cakes and…
randogp on HN
Make forecasting and planner logic configurable
From 1 comment
Right now it's hard-coded. But based on your feedback I'm going to make some of it configurable
deofoo on HN
Add e-commerce layer
From 1 comment
Love that. I was thinking to add e-commerce layer
deofoo on HN
Rename to avoid clash with CraftNote
From 1 comment
awesome and thank you for open sourcing it! Maybe consider renaming it, since there is CraftNote, an app with similar scope in construction business.
Abimelex on HN
Questions
How much of the code was written with AI
From 2 comments
Congrats, deofoo. Very interesting. How much of it was developed with AI? If you had to give us a percentage of how much of the code was written by yourself vs AI, what would the…
lp4v4n on HNCan you estimate how many hours went into this? Did you use agents?
jack_pp on HN
Why Ash over plain Phoenix LiveView
From 1 comment
Love to the point of invention! This looks and feels great. I'm an Elixir newbie and wondering if I should start with learning Ash or stick with Liveview until I know more. Any…
nsriv on HN
How long it took to build
From 3 comments
This is unreal. Nice work How long did it take ? I tried to use ash to build a simple app and couldn’t get it to work lol. I’m an elixir noob
thedangler on HNThis looks amazing! How long did it take to get to this state?
fergbrain on HNThis looks great! Love the screenshots, although I'm unable to login to the app. Likely due to the extra traffic this post has gotten. How long did it take you to build this ?
dhatawesomedude on HN
Alternatives named
Grist
From 1 comment
Grist[1] is great for this stuff, at first glance its a spreadsheet but that spreadsheet is backed by a SQLite database and you can put an actual UI on top of it without leaving…
jon-wood on HN
Mathesar
From 1 comment
Just amazing. I had a need for something like this but wound up building it out in Mathesar. That, too, is an amazing project, but my business logic has to remain separate.…
uint8_t on HN
CraftNote
From 1 comment
awesome and thank you for open sourcing it! Maybe consider renaming it, since there is CraftNote, an app with similar scope in construction business.
Abimelex on HN
Microsoft Access
From 1 comment
I still think MS Access was awesome. In the small companies I worked it was used successfully by moderately tech savvy directors and support employees to manage ERP, license…
spockz on HN