[TriLUG] A Rent Control System

[Brian Bell]

I think you're looking for this:  http://www.billmonk.com/


On 12/27/06, Randy Barlow <randy at electronsweatshop.com> wrote:
>
> Howdy all!  I've been thinking of developing a system to be used by my
> roommates and I to help settle small debts (things like utility bills,
> pizza, etc.)  If I were to develop such a system, I would surely open
> source it.  But first, I wanted to check to see if anything like it may
> already exist.  Here's the details on my idea:
>
> Three us us (students) live in the same house.  We get bills for things
> like gas.  We also pay our rent individually.  Suppose I get a gas bill
> for $90.  I could ask each of my roommates to give me $30 when I get the
> bill, but that becomes cumbersome when you also get many other bills and
> do things like ordering pizza.  What's easier to do is to adjust the
> amount of rent we pay next month (i.e., I pay $60 less and they each pay
> $30 more).  This is how my roommates and I currently do it, but we do it
> by writing e-mails out about what we spent money for, i.e., it's
> currently done by hand.
>
> I was thinking I could make a php/MySQL app that does this for us.
> Obviously, if I did open source it it would only have a very limited
> market (single folks who have roommates...) but I figured why not?
> Anybody know of anything that already does this or something like it so
> I don't reinvent the wheel?  Anyone find any interest in such a product?
>
> Randy Barlow
> http://www.electronsweatshop.com
> Dio fece il mondo in sei giorni, ed il settimo fu arrestato.
>
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