At the keyboard Software
A small app for HSA receipts
A mobile web app to track medical expenses for HSA reimbursement, because the existing tools either cost too much or want too much access.
The itch
HSAs let you reimburse yourself for qualified medical expenses at any point — years later, even — as long as you have the receipts. The optimal play, for someone who can afford to, is to let the HSA grow tax-free and pay medical expenses out of pocket, keeping the receipts for a future reimbursement.
The problem: that strategy is only as good as your records. And every app I evaluated wanted either a subscription, broad access to my financial accounts, or both. For a tool that needs to do four things well, that’s too much.
What it needs to do
- Capture a receipt (photo or import)
- Categorize and total the qualified amount
- Tag it as reimbursed or not
- Export everything to CSV or PDF on demand
That’s it. That’s the whole spec.
Stack
React + Vite + Tailwind on the front end, Supabase for storage and auth. The CSV/PDF export is the priority feature — without it the whole thing is just a fancier notebook.
Where it is
Working but rough. The capture flow is fine; the categorization is crude; the export works for CSV and is in progress for PDF.
Why this is in the personal-projects bin
Because the satisfaction of building exactly the tool I needed, owning my own data, and not paying $9/month for the privilege is its own reward. Because the boundary between “useful side project” and “something I might one day open-source” is thin and I’d like to be ready either way.