Hi everyone, I'm Serta . As a civil engineer with years of hands-on expertise in project management, planning, and resource management, I am finally reaching the end of the development process for my own planning app. As a solo maker, while i prepare for this launch, I want to share how I transitioned from being the target audience of this product to its developer, along with my experiences, realizations, and the struggles I faced along the way.
Considering that the majority of people on this platform have a background in software engineering or come from the tech industry, I believe those who pivoted from other professions to software might understand me best. However, I think we've all felt, at some point in our lives, that we no longer enjoy being the "producers" of our work. I believe the root cause of this lies not in human nature, but in the dynamics of today's world. For our hunter-gatherer genes, finding a reason to feel "useful" has never been simultaneously this difficult and this easy in human history. I don't want to sound pessimistic, but in an era where we cumulatively question reality, achieving "meaningful" work has become costly both for ourselves and for others. This cost is paid through the unnecessary waste of our time and the anxiety of inadequacy poured over us by the constant rat race. At this point, the most critical concept becomes "efficiency." Whether it's just the nature of the job, because our boss demands it, or simply to feel useful... It doesn't matter. We all feel, at some point, that we are operating far below our efficiency threshold, just spinning our wheels.
Hey Product Hunt! 👋
I’m Sertaç. For nearly two decades, as a civil engineer, I’ve been deep inside the construction world, managing complex projects, coordinating diverse teams, and dealing with the constant pressure of keeping everything on track. Over the years, one thing became painfully clear: the tools we rely on to stay organized often make our jobs harder, not easier.
Most software I used was either overly complicated or simply didn’t address the real, everyday needs of project teams. At some point, I caught myself asking: “Why is something so essential still this difficult?”
The problem I kept hitting:
- Gantt charts that feel like spreadsheets from 2005
- Resource planning that requires a PhD
- "Collaboration" that means endless notification spam
That question pushed me to build my own solution. I wanted a planning tool that wasn’t designed only for massive enterprises, didn’t require days of onboarding, yet still offered the scalability and clarity modern teams need. Because many managers and team leads don’t want to dig through endless reports they just want fast, clean access to the right information.
So I built YAPL with a different approach:
- Interactive Gantt + Kanban + WBS, pick your view
- Smart resource allocation that shows who's overloaded before they burn out
- Mobile-first PWA, plan from anywhere, not just your desk
We're offering a 14-day free trial with no credit card needed.
I'd genuinely love your thoughts, what’s missing, what feels right, and what would make YAPL your go‑to planning tool.
Thanks for checking it out 🙏
The offline mode is the feature nobody talks about but everyone needs the moment their WiFi dies mid-planning session. Really clean execution here. Congrats on the launch! Also... asking for a friend... any PH discount? The friend is me. ;-))