Inspiration
We realised with our own struggles with housemates that we wish there was a way to easily split the cost for everyday items we buy for the house like toilet and kitchen roll
What it does
We created a system where users can login and earn points, claim rewards for paying their bills on time, as well as help groups settle disputes on paying people back for items that were bought for the entire house
How we built it
Frontend: React Backend: Express.js Database: MySQL Authentication: JWT Tokens We are also using Streamlit for our simulated payment API
Challenges we ran into
Authentication was something we struggled with because we wanted to make it close production level
Accomplishments that we're proud of
We are really proud of our system/database design as we spend loads of time on it and iterated multiple times We are also really proud that we managed to get authentication working
What we learned
Planning before hand really saves you time in the long run We learned how JWT tokens work We gained more experience working with external APIs
What's next for housrCash
Redeeming Housr points for actual cash to pay others in the group feature Computer vision for scanning receipts Logging in via other APIs like google Using s3 to retrieve logos for companies on the frontend to ui more engaging
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