Cristian Padilla
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Buffet Planner

Management app for daily buffet operations in hotels. Self-designed, self-built, self-deployed.

Role
Design and development
Period
2026
Stack
React, Node.js, Express, PostgreSQL, PWA

Problem

Daily buffet operations in hotels (shifts, products, tasks, service tracking) are typically handled with scattered spreadsheets and a patchwork of tools. Buffet Planner centralizes that work into a single application built for continuous use by the hotel team.

My role

Full design, full-stack development, deployment, and maintenance. A modern but conservative stack so the product is easy to keep running alongside client work.

Result

Public landing at buffet-planner.com and application at app.buffet-planner.com. Direct distribution per hotel: no public sign-up; I provision access for each client. Active maintenance in parallel with client engagements.

Stack

Summary

The end user is the kitchen and front-of-house team, not the guest — the app lives in the kitchen, not in the room. Conservative stack (React, Node.js with Express, PostgreSQL) chosen so the product is sustainable while running alongside client work.

Public landing: buffet-planner.com. Application: app.buffet-planner.com.

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