Show HN: Craftplan – I built my wife a production management tool for her bakery

submitted by deofoo+(OP) on 2026-02-01 17:25:39 | 544 points 158 comments
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My wife was planning to open a micro-bakery. We looked at production management software and it was all either expensive or way too generic. The actual workflows for a small-batch manufacturer aren't that complex, so I built one and open-sourced it.

Craftplan handles recipes (versioned BOMs with cost rollups), inventory (lot traceability, demand forecasting, allergen tracking), orders, production batch planning, and purchasing. Built with Elixir, Ash Framework, Phoenix LiveView, and PostgreSQL.

Live demo: https://craftplan.fly.dev (test@test.com / Aa123123123123)

GitHub: https://github.com/puemos/craftplan

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>>deofoo+(OP)
And I built e-commerce for my wife's micro-bakery https://thonon-les-pains.fr/ (most of it - like product and order management - is behind auth).

I don't think it's useful to anyone - not white label, not open source - but still funny :)

>>lelant+c79
> No business is going to switch from a system that has armies of low-paid consultants to in house AI developed system

Are you sure about that? Because thats exactly what Klarna is doing/has done.

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1957789124930286065.html?...

>>lelant+ab9
Workday is not an ERP? Beyond that, they're effectively replacing major stacks of traditional SaaS tools with in-house ones. Considering the scale and complexity of what Klarna does and the regulations it has to follow across many different markts, I'd say its a valid concern. Now, I don't think SAP etc are going anywhere, especially in traditional businesses where most of the company is reliant on it, but it seems there is a way to do it.

That said, plenty of banks still run on mainframes and use COBOL.

https://www.salesforceben.com/klarna-salesforce-workday-part...

>>spockz+ai9
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 the tool, or you can write full blown plugins in Javascript and HTML if you need to go further than that.

[1] https://www.getgrist.com/

>>larodi+eX8
First slowly then all at once. [1]

[1]: https://finance.yahoo.com/sectors/technology/software-applic...

>>deofoo+(OP)
Just doing it in Emacs is also an option.

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>>nkapia+9y9
i'm noticing this across even startups and mid-market companies too!

i don't think its going to be a silver bullet, but it doesn't need to be. niche, well understood problems with simple tooling needs are the best ones to start with.

https://culturecompiled.com/p/things-are-getting-awkward-for...

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Show HN: Craftplan – I built my wife a production management tool for her bakery