Keep the current owner clear.
The assigned worker stays responsible while a request is open. An offer alone never changes the roster.
FOR THE PEOPLE WHO KEEP THE CAFÉ RUNNING
A shift to cover.
A clear handover.
Ask for help. Offer a hand. Let the manager confirm the change, with the roster and its history kept together.
Try the cover desk ↗LOCAL SQLITE PROTOTYPE / ONE LOCATION / NO PAYROLL
Check before confirming.
Recheck the role, shift version, voluntary offer and overlapping assignments at approval time.
Make the change visible.
Save the transfer and its history together. Each worker can acknowledge the revised roster.
THE WORKING DEMO
Your cover desk.
This demo creates four sessions you can switch between. It stores roster data in local SQLite. Session identity is unverified; the page holds all demo tokens until reload. No messages are sent to employees.
Create the demo to explore two overlapping cover requests and one volunteer.
The roster
Times below use the location timezone. A pending request leaves the current assignment in place.
Publication creates a new roster version and local unread notices.
Available cover
OFFERS ARE VOLUNTARYThe manager cannot invent an offer or override the no-overlap rule. No absence explanation, wage, or health details are requested.
Manager’s roster editor
A material edit invalidates outstanding requests and rechecks assignment overlap in the same transaction.
Add a draft shift
Maintain configured role eligibility
Change history
MANAGER VIEWLESS “WHO’S COMING IN?”
A roster everyone
can check.
Early local prototype for one location. Verified identities, production hosting, external notifications, retention and full accessibility checks remain pending. Configured rules are business preferences, not labor-law decisions or a promise of fair outcomes.