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Day 17/45 Implementing a Shift State Machine in Our Workforce Management SaaS T

Taskdudes — Wed, 13 May 2026 15:20:57 +0000

Today, the Taskdudes team focused on backend workflow architecture.

We implemented a shift state machine to control how shifts move through the system:

Draft → Published → Started → Completed

We also introduced:
✔ State-aware cancellation handling
✔ PATCH restrictions for published shifts
✔ Bulk shift creation APIs
✔ Cleaner business logic separation

Why use a state machine?

Because workforce systems become difficult to maintain when transitions are handled with scattered conditions and ad-hoc validations.

A structured state machine gives the following:
• Predictable workflows
• Better maintainability
• Easier debugging
• Clear business rules
• Safer scaling as features grow

Current Stack:
Next.js • NestJS • PostgreSQL • Prisma • Redis

We’re publicly documenting the entire 45-day product build journey as a collaborative engineering team.

📩 info@taskdudes.com

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Day 16/45: Designing the Locations + Shift Architecture for a Workforce Management SaaS

Taskdudes — Wed, 13 May 2026 03:28:02 +0000

One of the biggest challenges in workforce platforms is scalability.

It’s easy to create a simple employee scheduling app.
It’s much harder to build a system that supports:

multiple locations
reusable shift structures
employee skill mapping
workflow states
scalable database querying

Today, the Taskdudes team focused on solving exactly that.

What we implemented:
✅ Multi-location support with timezone-aware structures
✅ Reusable shift templates
✅ Shift state architecture
✅ Skill inheritance from templates
✅ Optimized indexing strategy

Why this matters:
Poor workforce architecture creates operational bottlenecks as companies grow. Scheduling becomes harder, reporting slows down, and managing distributed teams turns chaotic.

We’re documenting this journey publicly while building a production-ready SaaS in 45 days.

Built collaboratively by the Taskdudes team — not by a single developer.

Would love to hear how others approach workforce architecture and scheduling systems at scale.

Taskdudes #devto #SaaS #SoftwareArchitecture #DatabaseDesign #BackendDevelopment #WebDevelopment #NextJS #NestJS #PostgreSQL

Day 15/45 — Building a Workforce Management SaaS in Public

Taskdudes — Tue, 12 May 2026 03:50:17 +0000

At Taskdudes, our team is currently building a workforce management SaaS focused on simplifying employee operations for businesses.

The core problem we’re solving:
Most companies rely on multiple disconnected tools for scheduling, attendance tracking, employee management, and invoicing. That creates unnecessary operational friction.

Our approach is to unify those workflows into a single scalable platform.

What We’ve Built So Far
Employee Management Module
Shift Scheduling System
Time Tracking Features
Automated Invoicing Workflows
Backend Optimization
Testing & Quality Improvements
Tech Stack
Next.js
NestJS
PostgreSQL
Redis

This is a collaborative build involving multiple developers working together on architecture, scalability, workflows, and product decisions.

We’re documenting the entire process publicly — including challenges, trade-offs, and technical learnings.

45 days. One production-ready SaaS product.

Taskdudes #SaaS #WebDevelopment #SoftwareEngineering #NextJS #NestJS #PostgreSQL #Redis #BuildInPublic

Day 14/45 - Building the Employee Profile UI for Our Workforce Management SaaS

Taskdudes — Mon, 11 May 2026 03:06:07 +0000

At Taskdudes, we’re building a workforce management SaaS publicly over 45 days.

Today’s milestone was the Employee Profile UI.

What We Built
2-panel dashboard layout
4-tab profile structure
Skills management
Availability tracking
Audit history logs
Optimistic UI updates
TanStack Query integration with stale-time optimization
Why This Matters

A lot of workforce tools become difficult to use because employee data is scattered across multiple screens and workflows.

We wanted a cleaner and more scalable structure that allows admins to quickly access operational employee data without friction.

Stack
Next.js
NestJS
Prisma
PostgreSQL
Redis

This project is being built collaboratively by the TaskDudes team sharing the real engineering process, not just polished screenshots.

Would love feedback from other developers building dashboard-heavy SaaS products.

webdevelopment #saas #nextjs #nestjs #frontend #fullstack #taskdudes

Day 13/45 — Building an Availability Module for a Workforce Management SaaS

Taskdudes — Sat, 09 May 2026 03:01:26 +0000

One of the most underestimated problems in workforce management is scheduling availability accurately.

At first glance, it sounds easy:
“Just assign employees to shifts.”

But in reality, businesses constantly deal with the following:

Changing employee schedules
Sick leaves and holidays
Preferred work timings
Shift conflicts
Manual coordination overhead

Today, our team at Taskdudes worked on solving this with a dedicated availability module for our workforce management SaaS.

What We Built

The module currently supports:

✅ Weekly availability rules per employee
✅ Available / unavailable / preferred time ranges
✅ Date-specific exceptions
✅ Availability validation logic
✅ Ranked employee recommendations for shifts

The idea is to make scheduling systems smarter instead of forcing managers to manually verify availability every time.

Why This Matters

For businesses managing multiple employees or rotating shifts, scheduling errors create the following:

Lost productivity
Team frustration
Operational delays
Increased administrative work

Automating availability handling significantly reduces scheduling friction and improves workforce coordination.

Built Collaboratively

This isn’t a solo “indie hacker” project.

The platform is being built collaboratively by the TaskDudes team combining backend engineering, frontend development, UI/UX, and SaaS product architecture into a production-ready application.

We’re documenting the process publicly over 45 days to share real execution, real progress, and real lessons from building software products.

More updates soon 🚀

📩 info@taskdudes.com
📞 +91 6281537081

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Building a Workforce Management SaaS — Day 12/45

Taskdudes — Fri, 08 May 2026 01:27:37 +0000

Most workforce tools focus heavily on attendance and reporting.

We wanted to go deeper.

Our team at Taskdudes is currently building a workforce management SaaS that helps organizations manage employee skills, proficiency levels, and department structures more effectively.

What we built in this phase
Organization-wide skill library management
Employee skill + proficiency tracking
Recursive department hierarchy (up to 3 levels)
Proficiency badge system
Why this matters

As companies grow, workforce visibility becomes difficult:

Who has which skills?
Which departments are overloaded?
Where are skill gaps forming?
Who’s ready for advanced responsibilities?

This module aims to make those answers easier to discover.

Tech Stack
Next.js
NestJS
PostgreSQL
Redis

This project is being built collaboratively by the TaskDudes team, combining frontend, backend, product strategy, and UI/UX into one production-focused workflow.

We’ll continue sharing architecture decisions, product progress, and lessons learned as we move toward launch.

📩 info@taskdudes.com

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