A receipt reader on open vision models: 4 models, 50 receipts, 25x price gap

Description and use

<p><em>This is a submission for the <a href="https://dev.to/challenges/hacktoberfest-week2-2026-10-12">Hacktoberfest Challenge, Week 2: Side Hustle</a>.</em></p> <h2> What I Built </h2> <p>Freelancers keep a pile of receipt photos and type each one into a spreadsheet: company, date, total. The receipts are private financial records, and many people would rather not upload them to a closed service.</p> <p>The receipt sorter takes receipt photos and returns a CSV with the company, date and total of each. The side hustle idea is a small paid service that does this for customers.</p> <p>One prompt

Problem

<p><em>This is a submission for the <a href="https://dev.to/challenges/hacktoberfest-week2-2026-10-12">Hacktoberfest Challenge, Week 2: Side Hustle</a>.</em></p> <h2> What I Built </h2> <p>Freelancers keep a pile of receipt photos and type each one into a spreadsheet: company, date, total. The receipts are private financial records, and many people would rather not upload them to a closed service.</p> <p>The receipt sorter takes receipt photos and returns a CSV with the company, date and total of each. The side hustle idea is a small paid service that does this for customers.</p> <p>One prompt

Outcome

<p><em>This is a submission for the <a href="https://dev.to/challenges/hacktoberfest-week2-2026-10-12">Hacktoberfest Challenge, Week 2: Side Hustle</a>.</em></p> <h2> What I Built </h2> <p>Freelancers keep a pile of receipt photos and type each one into a spreadsheet: company, date, total. The receipts are private financial records, and many people would rather not upload them to a closed service.</p> <p>The receipt sorter takes receipt photos and returns a CSV with the company, date and total of each. The side hustle idea is a small paid service that does this for customers.</p> <p>One prompt

Evidence

A receipt reader on open vision models: 4 models, 50 receipts, 25x price gap

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