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siddharthd c465742635 docs: capture this session's learnings for a future pickup
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CLAUDE.md gains the traps a new session would otherwise re-discover:

- Rules: a zero-condition rule matches everything (rule 43 would split all ~3,700
  transactions); preview-then-apply-by-id is the safe pattern and why it beats
  auto-applying on ingestion; how run provenance works.
- Shared expenses: transaction_splits.settled is dead data; getParticipantBalances
  is correct and must not be 'fixed'; settlement cannot be attributed per trip.
- The shared loan: separate ledger, fixed 50% with a tracked receivable, why the
  share must not be derived from actual payments, and why interest stays as spend.
- Extraction: balance assertions are the check that works, do not derive
  opening_balance or add a totals assertion (both would be tautological), Gemini
  invents summary fields it was not given, empty statements must not throw, FX is
  per-date, and CSV comparisons need millisecond ordering.

The design doc records Phase 0 as done - including that the original Phase 0 plan
was wrong, since reading the code first is what prevented breaking a working
balance page.

Known Gaps lists what is open: the unbuilt phases, 11 failing assertions, the
uncategorised Up rows, and the CSVs sitting in 030490e's history.
2026-07-26 16:19:02 +10:00
siddharthd ba87ff86e7 docs: record loan decisions — separate ledger, 50/50 fixed, $4,000 receivable
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The loan is a separate ledger, not a settlement context: a contribution must
never be able to settle a dinner.

The share is fixed at 50%, not derived from actual payments. During Sonu's leave
the obligation did not change, only the payment did - a percentage-of-actual
model would silently redefine her share as 30% and make the shortfall vanish. So
the model needs an expected schedule alongside actual contributions, with the
difference as a tracked receivable. Currently $4,000.00 over Jul 2025 - Jun 2026.

On interest: recorded the mechanics (it is debited to the loan and repaid as part
of the balance - the reconciliation is exact) alongside the counter-argument that
$16,523.64 left and bought nothing, which is what an expense is. Recommends
keeping it as spend with a fixed/discretionary grouping to address the real
concern, but flags it as a judgement call rather than settling it.
2026-07-26 16:03:53 +10:00
siddharthd 4b7a7e5d9c docs: design proposal for shared expenses, settlement and the shared loan
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Three problems that look separate are one: the app records money moving, and
separately records who owes whom, and the two never meet.

Documents what is broken with evidence - two half-built settlement models,
settlements existing twice unlinked, and Sonu's $37,980 of loan contributions
sitting unrecognised as generic transfers - then proposes settlement contexts,
payments as transactions rather than a side table, and loan co-ownership.

Nothing built. Five open questions, two of which are decisions about the
arrangement rather than the software.
2026-07-26 15:57:03 +10:00