Inspiration

After seeing the complexities that underlie financial processes in Alpha Kappa Psi, we were motivated to simplify them through BudgetCents

What it does

By unifying admin and member user experience, we aim to eliminate the inefficiencies that come about as a result of manual processes.

How we built it

We used a NextJS Typescript front end with a Flask back end with MongoDB to store and Stripe to pay.

Challenges we ran into

API integrations were difficult due to the nature of network communication. Additionally, front end design and integrating various components proved quite the challenge

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We're proud of creating a product that we would use. We believe that BudgetCents can provide real value to people and hope to see it thrive.

What we learned

Aside from the technical knowledge we gained in terms of integrating tools and APIs, we also learned how to persevere. Even when we didn't know how to move forward, we never gave up and always found a way.

What's next for BudgetCents

We envision BudgetCents as a mobile app that users can regularly engage with in order to stay in the loop. Aside from just bookkeeping, we think it could be used to efficiently keep everyone in the loop.

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