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Build me an earnings and expenses tracker for my student budget

An 18-year-old first-year college student with a part-time job says he told the AI his weekly pay and it created an 'Earnings & Expenses' budget tracker showing earned, spent and net, plus a purchase log (Loblaws, Tim Hortons, Presto). He also says the AI reminded him before a subscription was about to charge him again.

How it works

  1. Tell the AI his weekly pay
  2. The AI creates an 'Earnings & Expenses' tracker (earned, spent, net)
  3. The AI logs purchases by store (Loblaws, Tim Hortons, Presto)
  4. The AI reminds him before a subscription re-charges

Why it’s worth knowing

A student stated his pay once and got a working tracker plus a pre-charge warning.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on instagram.com. See the original ↗

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