Spendless — Personal Finance Tracker
September 2024 – November 2024
Full-Stack Developer · Personal Project
A minimalist expense tracking dashboard featuring budget management, interactive analytics, and real-time financial insights with secure authentication.
Overview
Spendless is a personal finance management application designed to provide users with clear visibility into spending patterns and budget adherence.
The platform offers expense tracking, category-based organization, visual analytics through interactive charts, and budget monitoring through an intuitive dashboard interface.
Built with a focus on simplicity and usability, prioritizing essential financial tracking features without unnecessary complexity.
The Problem
Most personal finance applications are overloaded with features that overwhelm users seeking straightforward expense tracking.
Existing solutions often lack real-time visual feedback on spending patterns and budget performance.
Many tools require complex setup processes that discourage consistent usage and data entry.
The Solution
Developed a streamlined Next.js 15 application with React 19 leveraging modern web technologies for optimal performance.
Implemented Prisma ORM with PostgreSQL for efficient database operations and type-safe data access.
Integrated Clerk authentication for secure user account management with minimal configuration overhead.
Built interactive data visualization using Recharts to provide immediate insights into spending trends and budget status.
Designed responsive UI with Tailwind CSS and DaisyUI for consistent styling across devices.
Added emoji picker integration for intuitive expense categorization and visual recognition.
Challenges
- •Designing an intuitive data entry flow that encourages consistent expense logging
- •Creating meaningful visualizations that surface actionable financial insights
- •Implementing real-time budget calculations across multiple categories
- •Optimizing database queries for fast dashboard rendering with growing transaction history
- •Balancing feature completeness with interface simplicity
Outcomes
- ✓Delivered a fully functional expense tracking system with sub-second dashboard load times
- ✓Implemented comprehensive budget monitoring with visual progress indicators
- ✓Created reusable chart components enabling rapid analytics feature expansion
- ✓Achieved seamless authentication flow with zero configuration deployment
- ✓Established efficient database schema supporting complex financial queries