Restaurant Operations SaaS · 2025
OnlyMetric(Happy Hour)
Laravel 12 · React 19 · PostgreSQL · PHPUnit · Laravel Cloud
Overview
OnlyMetric (Happy Hour) is a restaurant operations SaaS platform covering purchasing, recipe costing, inventory, point of sale (POS), kitchen display, and staffing across 20+ screens and 15 API resource groups.
Role
- 01
Built a restaurant operations SaaS platform covering purchasing, recipe costing, inventory, point of sale (POS), kitchen display, and staffing across 20+ screens and 15 API resource groups.
- 02
Implemented AI-powered invoice OCR with GST-aware validation.
- 03
Built an LLM provider layer supporting 5 providers: OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, Google Gemini, Ollama, and Z.ai.
- 04
Reduced report generation time by approximately 25% by restructuring database queries.
Technology
- Laravel 12
- React 19
- PostgreSQL
- PHPUnit
- Laravel Cloud
Challenge
- 01
Covering six operational areas — purchasing, recipe costing, inventory, POS, kitchen display, and staffing — in a single platform.
- 02
Validating invoice data with GST-aware rules as part of AI-powered OCR.
- 03
Supporting five LLM providers through one provider layer.
- 04
Reducing report generation time, which meant restructuring database queries.
Architecture
Purchasing
Purchasing is one of the six operational areas the platform covers.
Key features
- Purchasing, recipe costing, inventory, POS, kitchen display, and staffing in one platform
- 20+ screens and 15 API resource groups
- AI-powered invoice OCR with GST-aware validation
- LLM provider layer supporting OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, Google Gemini, Ollama, and Z.ai
- Approximately 25% faster report generation through restructured database queries
Performance
~25%
Approximately 25% reduction in report generation time, achieved by restructuring database queries.
Interface




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