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Local-first product

Pre-release prototype · 2026

ClearCost: Purchase and Savings Planner

Balances hide the jobs money already has.

Role
Creator and product engineer

Scrubbed dogfood screen

ClearCost Today screen with synthetic planning data
Scrubbed dogfood screenPrivate-project dogfood screenshot scrubbed of user data

A balance becomes a decision map

  1. Local inputsOn-device state
  2. Money MapBills, reserves, goals
  3. Protected cashAlready assigned
  4. Purchase scenarioDeterministic calculation
  5. Visible tradeoffBefore committing
  • Local inputsMoney Map
  • Money MapProtected cash
  • Protected cashPurchase scenario
  • Purchase scenarioVisible tradeoff

The work, in five lines

Problem
Balances hide the jobs money already has.
Owned
I created the product, calculations, and privacy model.
Changed
Purchase decisions now show their household tradeoffs.
Difficult
The guidance had to stay deterministic and local.
Verified
Public-safe prototype screenshot and restrained feature summary.

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Evidence boundary

No public artifact is linked for this project.

Public-safe prototype screenshot and restrained feature summary.