Inspiration
Financial literacy is lower among marginalized groups. Our web app is targeted towards increasing this rate among them and college students overall through short-term budgeting (day-to-day activities).
What it does
BudgetBuddy allows the user to input their cashflow and saving goals. The application then renders a page where the user can input various expenses while updating remaining amount to spend.
How we built it
The application was built with Gemini, React (with the help of Figma), and MongoDB. (Our team also used ai to debug).
Challenges we ran into
A big challenge we ran into was planning a application that is distinct from other websites that exist. To overcome this hurdle, our team honed in on the group of people our application was for and actual uses that would be helpful for a user. Additionally, our team is new (or relatively new) to all tools used to build our app. So majority of our time was spent learning the systems.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
Our proudest accomplishment is our agentic chatbot, that takes in the data that the user inputs on the page. This allows for the chatbot to follow along the users financial journey and give live suggestions without the user constantly updating the chatbot.
What we learned
Outside of learning new tools, our team learned how to work under pressure, make quick decisions, and prioritize certain tasks.
What's next for BuddyBudget?
The next step for BuddyBudget is to flesh out the connection between the database and the frontend allowing for the user to save the information of their cashflow, etc. through login.
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