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RestaurantOperations

Product ArchitectureUX DesignFull-Stack DevelopmentDatabase Design
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OverviewThe buildOutcome
01The project, in one breath
Role
Product Architect & Full-Stack Developer
Client
Independent Product
Year
2026
Open Reference Deployment

The original codebase was a customer-facing AI ordering prototype split across multiple applications. The central challenge was transforming it into a dependable staff-only restaurant system without carrying the prototype's confusing navigation, unsafe assumptions, or…

An online, installable white-label operations system for restaurant owners, managers, waiters, cashiers, and kitchen teams. It unifies table service, multi-round ordering, realtime kitchen tickets, manual cash/card settlement, staff attribution, menu management, audit history, analytics, and English/German administration in one secure workspace.An online, installable white-label operations system for restaurant owners, managers, waiters, cashiers, and kitchen teams. It unifies table service, multi-round ordering, realtime kitchen tickets, manual cash/card settlement, staff attribution, menu management, audit history, analytics, and English/German administration in one secure workspace.

02The build, reduced to what mattered

Three decisions shaped the final experience.

03
01
FLOOR OPERATIONS

Table-First Service Workflow

Waiters open tables with a guest count, add dishes through a category-first mobile menu, attach optional notes, and continue adding new rounds throughout the same table visit without losing…

02
KITCHEN OPERATIONS

Realtime Kitchen Display

Each submitted round becomes an independently timed kitchen ticket. Authorized realtime updates keep kitchen and waiter screens synchronized, while sound alerts announce new tickets and…

03
SECURITY

Role-Aware Staff Access

Individual staff identities, server-side authorization, PostgreSQL row-level security, and tenant-scoped membership protect operational data. Important order, payment, menu, and staff…

OutcomeWhat remained after the build

The project now has a live reference deployment that combines floor service, multi-round ordering, a dedicated kitchen display, menu administration, staff access, manual settlement, order history, and management analytics in one responsive PWA. Realtime operation was verified across two devices, while English and German interfaces cover the critical staff workflows. The repository includes versioned database migrations, pgTAP authorization tests, restaurant provisioning, bilingual menu import, and step-by-step…The project now has a live reference deployment that combines floor service, multi-round ordering, a dedicated kitchen display, menu administration, staff access, manual settlement, order history, and management analytics in one responsive PWA. Realtime operation was verified across two devices, while English and German interfaces cover the critical staff workflows. The repository includes versioned database migrations, pgTAP authorization tests, restaurant provisioning, bilingual menu import, and step-by-step…

English + GermanLanguages
Verified across two devicesRealtime
Floor, kitchen, payments, history, and analyticsOperations
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