I frequently use sheet goods like plywood and MDF in my garage projects, and I wanted a tool that could help with panel layout to make an efficient use of my stock material. There were a handful of tools that already existed that did something similar, but they were missing a few features that I wanted - primarily, a way to export the result as a DXF or SVG for use on a CNC or a laser cutter.

I ended up coding cut-creator.com from scratch, using React, Node.js, and python. It lets the user specify a list of finished panel sizes they want and a list of stock sheets that they possess. Then they can run the optimization and get a visualization of the cutting sequence as well as a list of cuts for each stock sheet.

The web app also provides some efficiency statistics, and lets the user output the result as a PDF, DXF, and SVG.

I used Cursor to vibe code ~80% of the app and walk me through the deployment steps to host it using Render and Firebase.