TakaTrack
TakaTrack is a full-stack personal finance application designed to help users take control of their financial life. It features real-time expense tracking, interactive charts, savings goal management, and category-based analytics — all backed by a robust Spring Boot API and MySQL database.
Problem Statement
Managing personal finances across multiple categories is overwhelming without a centralized tool. Most free budgeting apps lack real-time insights and goal tracking, forcing users to rely on spreadsheets.
Tech Stack
Challenges & Solutions
Implementing real-time chart updates without compromising page performance
Used React Query with optimistic updates for instant UI feedback
Designing a flexible category system that supports custom user categories
Built a hierarchical category model with parent-child relationships in MySQL
Handling concurrent expense submissions from multiple devices
Implemented database-level locking with Spring Boot @Transactional for data consistency
Results
- Handles 1000+ expense entries per user with sub-200ms API response times
- Deployed on cloud with Docker Compose for easy horizontal scaling
- Interactive dashboards with Chart.js render in under 100ms
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