We built it because we needed it.
In 2024 I was running a single-outlet cafe in Bavdhan, Pune. We used a popular POS, a separate inventory app, a third for HR, a fourth for payments. None of them talked to each other.
Closing time was 45 minutes of reconciliation every night. The cashier disagreed with the kitchen on what was actually served. Inventory drifted because nobody updated it during a rush. The investor view was a Google Sheet I updated on Sunday mornings.
So I built one. Local-first because our internet died at 8 pm every Tuesday. Hindi voice because our kitchen staff don't read tickets in English at speed. UPI deep-link because customers kept asking for it.
Today our own cafe runs on it across three outlets, the closing time is eight minutes, and we're opening it up to other Pune restaurants who want the same thing we built for ourselves.