✍️ The Barn Manager Blog

Notes from a working barn

Real lessons from running, automating, and rebuilding a horse operation in software. No marketing fluff.

April 26, 2026·6 min read·lessonsstripecase study

Migrating live lesson subscriptions from WooCommerce to Stripe in one afternoon

A trainer in our barn had been billing lessons through WooCommerce Subscriptions for years. Here's how we moved her live customer base into our system without making a single student re-enter their card.

April 25, 2026·4 min read·announcementsoverview

What this platform is, and why we built it

A working barn runs on a stack of sticky notes, group texts, spreadsheets, and a payment processor or two. We replaced all of that with one app — here's what it does.

April 22, 2026·4 min read·designauth

One login, three views: workers, trainers, and students share an app

A barn employee who also takes lessons shouldn't need two accounts. A trainer who's also a barn manager shouldn't flip between portals. Here's how we model overlapping roles in one user record.

April 20, 2026·5 min read·stall cleaningdesign

How gamification fixes stall cleaning quality, not just speed

Most barn-work apps that gamify cleaning end up rewarding the fastest, sloppiest worker. Here's the small change to the workflow that makes quality matter as much as speed.