A long time ago, when I first starting working full time, I was absolutely terrible with money. I was always overdrawn and never really knew how much money I had in the bank. I relied heavily on the receipts that would come back from my ATM withdrawals, and never actually kept track of the money I was spending.
Needless to say, this quickly became a huge problem, and I needed a solution fast. The problem: I really hate those lame check book registers that you get with every brand new box of blank checks. Why? Because I rarely use my checkbook, rendering this register useless. Not to mention, I would have to do all the math anyway, which can lead to user input error, which can lead to bad data and a lot of reworking. Since, at the time, I couldn't find a satisfactory solution to get me financially organized, I decided to build an application on my own.
For the first release, I used a ColdFusion backend with an Access database. The application itself was extremely effective and got me very organized. The only concern I had was the fact that it was written in ColdFusion and was using an Access database.
So, it was time for a switch. Along with a redesign of the front-end, the application was rewritten entirely with the backend code using PHP and the database moving from Access to mySQL.
Since this is more of a pet project for me, I only work on it whenever I have free time, so there is still plenty to do, however, the main functionality works beautifully, and I use it everyday to keep all my finances in order.
To try it out, go to http://www.adjustmint.com/app/ and sign in with the email address demo@adjustmint.com and a password of welcome.
