PaidYet: for the friend who says “kal bhej dunga”

Description and use

PaidYet is a local Telegram bot that automatically parses bills or IOU messages, creates a reminder plan, and sends reminders until the user confirms payment.

Problem

Friends often forget to pay owed amounts, leading to missed reminders and unpaid bills.

Outcome

PaidYet provides a private, local bot that reliably reminds users of owed amounts until payment is confirmed, handling bill photos and text inputs, with durable timers and error tracing.

Workflow

• User sends bill photo or text to bot
• Bot forwards to local Gemma (Ollama) for structured extraction
• Code validates dates and amounts, rejects past due or odd values
• Bot replies with parsed details and offers Save or Fix
• User taps Save to confirm
• Temporal workflow starts a durable timer based on the plan
• Bot sends reminders at scheduled times until user taps Paid or Snooze
• Admin can add dues for friends; all actions are traceable via Sentry

Evidence

PaidYet is a Telegram bot that runs on your laptop, for the friend who always says "haan bhai, kal bhej dunga" and then forgets.

Source

Gemma fills a JSON schema through Ollama's structured output, at temperature 0 with thinking off.

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Temporal workflow keeps reminding you until you tap Paid.

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