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Case studyInternal2025

Harbor
An internal admin builder for ops teams who outgrew Retool but don't want to ship a frontend.

Built initially for our own ops, now a beta with 9 design partners. Generates internal tools from a SQL view + a JSON spec.

Role
Lead designer
Stack
SvelteKit · PostgREST · Drizzle
Timeline
Q1 2025 → beta
Live at
harbor.mena-x.co
orders.where(state=open)HARBOR / ADMIN
01 / Overview

Harbor is what we built when our own ops team kept asking for more internal tools and we kept saying no.

02 / Problem

Retool is great until your data model gets opinionated. We needed something that started from a SQL view, generated a real frontend, and didn't lock us into a vendor.

03 / Approach

Generate a real SvelteKit app from a JSON spec + a SQL view. Self-hosted by default. The whole thing is a thin layer over PostgREST and Drizzle.

04 / Outcome

9 design partners using it in production. Public launch scheduled for Q3 2026. Saved our ops team an estimated 200 hours in the first quarter alone.

9
Design partners
200h
Internal ops saved
Q3 26
Public launch
05 / My role

Lead designer. Designed the spec language and the visual builder.

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