Mat Leave Planner - AUS

Plan your parental leave in minutes. Mat Leave Planner helps Aussie parents map entitlements, key dates, and workplace steps—stress-free, straight from your due date.

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Inspiration

Becoming a mum rewired my brain—and nuked my lovingly-crafted Excel planners.
During pregnancy I juggled:

  • Sticky notes (“Call HR”, “Centrelink form (Aussie Social Security”)
  • Three half-broken spreadsheets named budget-v3-FINAL-FINAL.xlsx
  • Government PDFs written for lawyers, not sleep-deprived parents

I promised baby Percy (in 20-minute nap windows) that there had to be an easier way.
That promise became MatLeavePlanner.com.

What it does

  1. Due-Date & Employment Wizard
    Captures company policy, award type, partner leave and public holidays in under two minutes.
  2. Instant Timeline Generator
    Bolt.new flows calculate paid vs unpaid blocks, super gaps and daylight-saving edge cases in real time.
  3. Smart Checklist & Budget Tips
    GPT-powered prompts turn raw dates into plain-English reminders (“Book GP visit two weeks before the 28-week scan”).
  4. Fridge-Ready PDF Export
    One click → colour-coded plan you can pin to the fridge or email to HR.

All logic lives in Bolt.new; all data and auth live in Supabase.

How we built it

Layer Tech Why it rocks
Frontend + Logic Bolt.new Single codebase for UI, LLM chains, PDF rendering & deploy—perfect for nap-length sprints
Database + Auth Supabase Postgres core, instant REST/GraphQL, row-level security for sensitive family data
LLM Orchestration OpenAI via Bolt.new connectors In-flow prompts create human-readable checklists & tooltips
Storage Supabase Storage Securely stores generated PDFs & avatars
Deploy Bolt.new “Ship” button Push to prod in < 30 seconds—no CI scripts needed

Challenges we ran into

Challenge Fix
The annoying math just working through it
learning bolt! learning to get my vision exactly how I wanted it "winging it and sending it"
Nap-time coding constraints "winging it and sending it"

Accomplishments that we're proud of

  • Idea → working MVP in 1 week, built entirely during baby naps.
  • First 🔶 beta users planned leave in < 2 min (vs ≈ 2 hrs with spreadsheets and hand/toes counts).
  • 180 users in a week and solid feedback.

What we learned

  • Plain language wins – parents skip jargon 90 % faster than official guides.
  • Mobile first – 78 % of testers completed the planner one-handed on a phone.
  • Bolt.new velocity is real – single platform for UI, backend and AI cut dev overhead by half.

What's next for Mat Leave Planner – AUS

  1. Partner-Leave Sync – combined schedules with shared cash-flow graph.
  2. visual block selector – allow users to drag and drop leae arranagements
  3. HR Platform API – embed planner inside HR dashboard.
  4. Accessibility upgrades – voice-note data entry for parents juggling a newborn.
  5. Monetisation – freemium planner → premium budgeting & super top-up simulator.

Every minute saved on admin is a minute gained for cuddles… or coffee. ☕👶

Built With

  • bolt.new
  • supabase
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