Room scheduling is a classic full-stack exercise: auth, availability, conflicts, and a calendar UI. Pairing Next.js + Clerk + a headless CMS shows how to keep content/config structured while app logic stays in your code.
Core entities
- Room - name, capacity, amenities, photo- Booking - room, user, start/end, status- Office / location - optional parent if you have multiple sitesPut relatively stable content (room descriptions, images, amenities) in BCMS. Put high-churn transactional bookings in your app database if concurrency is serious - or start with CMS entries for an MVP and migrate later. ## Auth with Clerk Clerk handles sign-in, sessions, and user identity so you do not invent auth on day one. Gate booking mutations behind authenticated routes. Store Clerk user ids on bookings so you can show "my reservations". ## Conflict rules
- Reject overlapping bookings for the same room- Enforce business hours and minimum/maximum duration- Show clear errors in the UI when a slot was just taken## UI sketch
- Rooms list from CMS- Room detail with availability grid- Booking form (date, time range)- Confirmation + "my bookings" view## Related reading
- Headless task manager tutorial- Structuring relational data- Multi-tenant CMS patternsWant the full build with Clerk wiring and booking flows? Read the complete tutorial: Build room scheduling software.
