Make every job and its next move visible at a glance.
Project overview
Workshop software built around the way garages actually work.
A founder-led SaaS product shaped with garage owners and mechanics, spanning research, identity, product design, full-stack development, testing and launch.
The problem
Most garage software was complex to learn and costly for independent workshops. Pistonlog kept the operational depth while making daily work clearer.
- Team
- Product, engineering and garage operations
- Work
- Strategy, brand, UX, UI and full-stack development
- Duration
- 12 months
- Product
- Workshop management SaaS
Three principles shaped the product.
- ComplexSimple
- ConfusingIntuitive
- ExpensiveValuable
Keep the job, vehicle, customer and costs in one working record.
Give the whole team one view of what is booked and when.
Designed and built as one full-stack product.
Frontend
- React with TypeScript
- Tailwind CSS
- Responsive desktop and mobile layouts
Backend
- Node.js with Express
- PostgreSQL with Prisma ORM
- JWT authentication and role-based access
Core product
- Vehicle management
- Customer management
- Job management
- Linked vehicles, customers and jobs
- Kanban workshop board
- Multiple locations
A working platform, tested in a working garage.
- 4
- car bays in the live test environment
- 10
- employees using the working garage
- Live
- real-world testing in progress
Project scope
The work brought together.
- Product strategy
- Brand identity
- UX and UI
- Full-stack development
