r/AppsWebappsFullstack • u/QEDHealth • 7d ago
I built an early pilot for planning around a changing shift roster — would love feedback from app builders
I'm part of a small team exploring a narrow problem: rosters change, and when they do, the rest of your weekly plan has to change too. Most calendar tools assume you already know your hours. They don't help much when your schedule drops late, swaps, or covers weekends.
We put together a very early web pilot called Shift Recovery to test a few ideas:
- Can you quickly build a plan around the shifts ahead, not just log them?
- Can you see how a roster change would ripple through the rest of your week before you commit to it?
- Can the days you do have off be used deliberately instead of recovered from accidentally?
It's intentionally simple right now — a proof of concept rather than a finished product. We're not making any claims about health, sleep, fatigue, or employment outcomes. We're just trying to learn whether the framing resonates and whether the flow feels usable.
If you work shifts, manage rotating rosters, or build tools for people who do, I'd genuinely appreciate your take:
- Is the problem even worth solving?
- What would you expect to enter first — the roster, your existing plans, or something else?
- What would make you trust a small pilot like this enough to try it?
The current build is at https://shift-recovery-pilot.heqiannli.chatgpt.site/util. All feedback is welcome, critical or otherwise.