BudgetBuddy

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Inspiration

We have a friend who was so addicted to takeout that he was close to having 0 dollars in his bank account. This friend has always had a hard time cutting back on his spending, but his motivation is so low when he thinks about making food versus the convenience of buying it. He always says that he gets takeout on impulse and regrets it afterwards, so we wanted to make a piece of software that helps give him the motivation to hold back.

What it does

Our program takes your salary as input and outputs a recommended budgeting plan based on certain values you've specified, such as your rent, food, and other expenses. If you continue to follow and remain below your budgeting plan, you will start a streak that can lead to rewards based on your bank's rewards.

How we built it

Challenges we ran into

Communicating with MongoDB turned out to be very difficult, especially with trying to encrypt whatever was sent into the database, but we persevered.

What's next for BudgetBuddy

We hope to polish up the front end while making sure that our MongoDB and encryption work consistently.

Built With

• css
• mongodb
• nessi.api
• node.js
• typescript