By Akshay Thalinja —

Building a GPT wrapper, for myself.


Keeping this very short and simple.

What is it?

It's an expense tracker.

Why?

  • Most expense tracking apps require manual categorization of each transaction. This can be a time-consuming hassle, especially for frequent purchases.
  • I find that a lot of automated expense tracking apps, the ones that use bank statements or SMS, track all my transactions. Since I frequently split costs with roommates and friends, these apps record the full amount I spend, not my actual share. This means I constantly need to edit transactions, which is a hassle.
  • Many "smart" AI-powered expense trackers offer a plethora of features that I simply don't need.
  • Building a GPT wrapper is simple.

How?

  • It's a telegram bot. I send the bot messages like the one above, and it'll handle the rest, automatically categorizing and recording my expense.

Analyzes text descriptions to categorize expenses.
Example: "200 Zomato Dinner" becomes "Amount: 200, Description: Dinner Order via Zomato..."

I'm using,

  • MongoDB Atlas (Free Tier): Stores expense data.
  • FastAPI: Webhook that handlers incoming telegram messages / commands.
  • Telegram: Platform for sending expenses.
  • Gemini API (Free for now)