CoBalance
A digital ledger and shared-expense app. Built to replace the spreadsheet I used to track money owed between friends and family.
Status
Live
Year
2026
Core Tech
React, Vite, Tailwind
01 / The Problem
Tracking money owed between friends and family using spreadsheets was prone to errors, hard to access on mobile, and difficult to calculate settlements for.
02 / The Solution
A digital ledger that supports personal tracking, group splits, automatic settlement calculations, and monthly reports.
03 / How It Works
The core pipeline follows a strictly decoupled architecture:
04 / Engineering Decisions
PostgreSQL for Ledger Data
Chose a relational database (PostgreSQL) instead of NoSQL to ensure ACID compliance and strict relationships for financial transactions and user balances.
05 / Technology
- React
- Vite
- Tailwind
- Node.js
- PostgreSQL
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