JOHNATHAN BRANSON

JOHNATHAN BRANSON

Creator of DeckPlan Pro

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Maker History

  • DeckPlan Pro
    DeckPlan ProDeck and railing framing, layout, and quoting tool
    Jun 2026
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    Joined Product HuntJune 15th, 2026

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What's the most outdated workflow in your industry that everyone still accepts?

After spending years working with contractors, dealers, and sales teams in the decking industry, I've noticed something interesting:

Many companies are still creating deck and railing takeoffs using spreadsheets, hand sketches, PDFs, and manual calculations.

I've seen projects where the actual estimating process takes longer than the customer conversation itself.

When I started building DeckPlanPro, I assumed there would already be simple, industry-specific tools for this problem. Instead, most solutions I found were either:

DeckPlan Pro - Deck and railing framing, layout, and quoting tool

Built by someone in the decking industry, DeckPlanPro helps contractors and dealers create deck and railing layouts, generate material takeoffs, and produce professional PDF quotes faster. Reduce estimating time, improve accuracy, and streamline the sales process with drag-and-drop design tools, manufacturer product libraries, and project management features.
Nika

7d ago

What are the 5 tools you simply couldn't do your work without?

This could be related to your industry, or even a side project you're working on.

Here are my 5 (I couldn't function without them):

  1. Grammarly proofreading my texts, not just posts, but also client communication

  2. ChatGPT / Claude mostly brainstorming, help with copy, and summarising

  3. Figma I can put the basic graphics together quickly.

  4. Translator sounds incredibly old-school, but English is not my mother tongue

  5. Gmail and not only for communication, but also for storing ideas and sending myself email reminders for posts

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