This is a submission for the DEV's Worldwide Show and Tell Challenge Presented by Mux
What I Built
Hoteleiro is a Property Management System (PMS) built to modernize small and medium-sized inns and hotels. It targets independent properties on the coast of Brazil (where I live) that still rely on "spreadsheet chaos" or paper logs. It combines a professional management arsenal with an interface that is as simple to use as a messaging app.
My Pitch Video
Demo
URL: https://pms.hoteleiro.app/access
EMAIL: admin@gmail.com
PASSWORD: admin123
⚠️ Note: Hoteleiro is still a Work in Progress. You might run into some rough edges or features that are still being polished!
The Story Behind It
This project quick-started with a group of Computer Science students at UESPI (State University of Piauí). After observing the routine of small hotels in the coastal region, we realized that independent owners were either stuck with manual logs or forced to use expensive, bloated software designed for large chains.
That is why we (@katriellucas, @dymas, and @heron_nepomuceno) built Hoteleiro. Our goal was to make technology simple, human, and accessible for the people running these businesses. Winning the Startup NE program (backed by Sebrae and the Brazilian government) only confirmed the massive potential of the application and the impact it can have in our region.
Technical Highlights
We made Hoteleiro light enough to run on "serverless" setups. This is great because it means the system can often stay within the free hosting tiers offered by most platforms.
In its core, the project uses:
- Svelte 5: We used this for the frontend to keep everything feeling fast and snappy.
- PocketBase: This was our choice for the backend. It helped us move fast by handling our database and auth.
- Zod: To keep our data clean and validated.
- Temporal: To handle the complicated date logic that comes with managing bookings.
- Paraglide: To manage all our translations and keep the app multilingual.
Basically, we picked these tools so we could iterate quickly and keep the hosting costs as low as possible.
Thanks
Thanks to the DEV community and Mux for this challenge. It was a great opportunity for us to step back and look at what we've built. We’re excited with the future of Hoteleiro!
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