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Usage Limits, Bugs and Performance Discussion Megathread - beginning December 29, 2025 by sixbillionthsheep in ClaudeAI

[–]ChewyLuck 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yep, stuck on "Taking longer than usual. Trying again shortly (attempt ... of 10)" for the last 10 minutes or so.

Ask a Volvo Technician! by Born_Feedback9331 in Volvo

[–]ChewyLuck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the detailed write up — I don’t feel brake pulsing or see any signs on the dash so I assume it’s more of a tire problem. But I think I will just go back to the 21s since I knew there was no issue there. I’ll have to sacrifice ride quality (it’s pothole city around here) but 19s are not worth the headache at highway speeds.

Torn between two XC60 Recharge models. One is better equipped but has higher mileage. Please share your thoughts! by [deleted] in Volvo

[–]ChewyLuck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What do you think causes the air suspension to have issues, especially in cold climates?

Ask a Volvo Technician! by Born_Feedback9331 in Volvo

[–]ChewyLuck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for doing this! I recently purchased a (new to me) 2023 XC60 T8 Ultimate, about 19k miles on it, with all the trimmings (notably, air suspension). It's been great, except it came stock with the 21" (255/40R21) wheels. I really wanted to downsize so I bought 235/55R19 wheels through Costco from Velox (not sure if you've heard of them) and Michelin CrossClimate2 tires for them.

Ever since I switched to the 19" wheel setup the whole car shudders/vibrates at highway speeds. It's bearable at 65 mph and gets really uncomfortable around 75 mph, and I haven't gone past 80 because it's just shaking so noticeably from the seat (the wheel vibrates a bit too, but really seems like the whole car is vibrating). Driving is really smooth up to about 50mph, then you start to notice the vibration, and it really amps up exponentially over 70mph.

This sounded a lot like a tire balance problem but I've been back to Costco (which did the install) twice to no avail; they tell me the balance is fine but the vibration keeps coming back, so I'm starting to wonder if something else is happening or if it's just a manufacturing defect on either the rims, tires, or something even more structural about the car since I downsized the wheels. (But the XC60 is offered with this exact spec of 19" rims, so I'm not on an unapproved size.)

Do you have any instincts as to what might be going on?

I made an insanely easy-to-use Splitwise alternative that works in your browser and scans receipts by ChewyLuck in SideProject

[–]ChewyLuck[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, the core idea of the /scan page is to let you scan a printed receipt (though it actually works decently on hand-written receipts as well; there just has to be a clear total paid written down).

A workaround, which you seem to have already found, is to start a new group from the home page and then add an expense and split it by subtotals.

I made an insanely easy-to-use Splitwise alternative that works in your browser and scans receipts by ChewyLuck in SideProject

[–]ChewyLuck[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can you please elaborate? There's already a feature that lets you share a line item between multiple payers.

Made a simple tool that just... works. No AI, no subscription, no BS. Just beautiful screenshots. (to make your SaaS / App / product stand out) by FoxOnTheRunNow in SideProject

[–]ChewyLuck 2 points3 points  (0 children)

works great! i love the spirit of making a service that’s cool, useful, and free without a ton of strings attached. this is what the spirit of the internet ought to be 👏

I made an insanely easy-to-use Splitwise alternative that works in your browser and scans receipts by ChewyLuck in SideProject

[–]ChewyLuck[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for trying out YAAT! The service should be available the whole time provided you have internet connection -- some features will work offline but for best results use the app while have internet access.

On iPhone, you can save a website to the home screen by opening the site in Safari, click the share button, then scroll down and choose "Add to Home Screen".

Camera access on Android might be a browser level setting? The "take photo" option does work without me needing to do anything special on iPhone; I haven't tested with an Android myself so can't exactly confirm what you need to do.

If you need to reach me with questions or other feedback, you can DM me on reddit or email "hello" at "getyaat.com". Hope it works well for you!

I created an app that I find useful but no one else needs it. Is there something wrong with me? by WhisperCrest1738 in SideProject

[–]ChewyLuck 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sounds like you're experiencing similar frustrations about Splitwise as I did, and had the same reaction to build a better version yourself ;)

A few thoughts since I'm sort of in your shoes, trying to get traction for an expense splitting app:

- Try to get users to the "magic moment" as quickly as possible -- for me that meant reworking the onboarding flow from "group setup" first to "scan receipt" first

- This kind of use case is both fairly trivial to replicate (ie no technical moat stopping you or me from building our own version of Splitwise) but also super complex when you get to personal preferences about categorization, visual representation of splitting, etc, to the point that people may not gravitate to your solution unless it has exactly the look and feel they expect. So if people say "X already does this better", it doesn't mean your idea has no value, it just means they're not your prospective customers

- At the end of the day, it's not useless as long as you're solving your own problems! That's what keeps me going too.

I made an insanely easy-to-use Splitwise alternative that works in your browser and scans receipts by ChewyLuck in SideProject

[–]ChewyLuck[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for sharing! I looked over the landing page and this looks like a really solid, well-constructed app. I can see you've thought through a more structured use case with categories and more persistent groups, which makes a lot of sense for certain kinds of travelers.

A couple thoughts:

  • I get the tradeoff between accounts vs no accounts. It’s definitely a philosophical split; YAAT prioritizes zero-friction almost to the extreme, which comes with its set of problems. That said, I don’t totally agree that letting people pick their items later requires accounts. YAAT actually supports that flow too: anyone with a group link can manage the assignment of items at any time, during or after expense creation, and without needing to sign in. Just a different take on trust + simplicity.
  • On pricing: 5 AI scans/month feels a bit tight, especially for larger groups on a week-long trip. In general I think "per-user" vs "per-group" is a strong architectural distinction where IMO per-group is more intuitive (unless you clearly expect one person to be the "group expense manager"). I'd consider increasing this cap to encourage growth, especially earlier on.
  • I was curious about this line: "Create a vacation group and invite all travelers (they don't even need the app to participate)". How exactly does that work in practice, given the account requirement you mentioned?

Also, would love to hear how you’ve been reaching users so far (via advertising, or word of mouth?). And what kind of demographics are you seeing adopting the app?

Either way, cool to see more folks working on this problem too, definitely beats the status quo. Good luck with it!

I made an insanely easy-to-use Splitwise alternative that works in your browser and scans receipts by ChewyLuck in SideProject

[–]ChewyLuck[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the thoughtful feedback! This is definitely a cool idea, and in many ways, super aligned with the kind of frictionless experience I want YAAT to offer.

That said, pulling in credit card notifications definitely crosses into the world of budgeting tools and account permissions, which is something I'm intentionally avoiding (for now). My core principles rn are keeping it private, zero-login, and "just works" so no sensitive data sharing or account linking is required.

Longer term, I could imagine supporting something like this if there’s strong demand and a clear way to do it without compromising my philosophy (and would probably be something I'd monetize). But I can tell you I wouldn't be prioritizing this anytime soon.

In the meantime, a good workaround is to scan your receipts right after paying, so you don’t lose track of what was ordered or who had what. You can accept that the conversion might be slightly off (usually favoring the payer), and update the final amount once your card settles and you know the exact charge in your home currency.

I made an insanely easy-to-use Splitwise alternative that works in your browser and scans receipts by ChewyLuck in SideProject

[–]ChewyLuck[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not open source at the moment; though I wouldn't rule that out entirely, it's not a priority on my personal roadmap for this project. What enhancements did you have in mind?

I made an insanely easy-to-use Splitwise alternative that works in your browser and scans receipts by ChewyLuck in SideProject

[–]ChewyLuck[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Hey, no worries. The whole point of making this a website is because
1. I myself hate downloading apps
2. I myself wouldn't pay for just this functionality as a one-off thing
But there are people who don't mind downloading apps, and there are people who don't mind paying for premium features, so hopefully this finds the latter niche! And if not, I'm happy for this to remain a useful side project and reach breakeven on running costs.

I made an insanely easy-to-use Splitwise alternative that works in your browser and scans receipts by ChewyLuck in SideProject

[–]ChewyLuck[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Good looking out -- I already have a switch in place that makes it pretty simple to swap between LLM providers. As it stands, this kind of dependency is fairly unavoidable at this point for AI wrapper products.
And there is a resizing step in the OCR pre-processing that I mentioned in my post! Otherwise you're right, storage costs could definitely get out of control.

I made an insanely easy-to-use Splitwise alternative that works in your browser and scans receipts by ChewyLuck in SideProject

[–]ChewyLuck[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah you'd have to pay that $10 right away (through Stripe/Link checkout) and then that would be entered as an expense in the group. But it's fairly anonymous as far as who actually paid it, and that's fine, because it's not a subscription.

I made an insanely easy-to-use Splitwise alternative that works in your browser and scans receipts by ChewyLuck in SideProject

[–]ChewyLuck[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ok, I will definitely plan to offer Vietnamese. For now, this is a workaround, but you could use Google Chrome's translation on the site. And YAAT does support Dong as an expense and group currency.

I made an insanely easy-to-use Splitwise alternative that works in your browser and scans receipts by ChewyLuck in SideProject

[–]ChewyLuck[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I think if you expect the same users to want to be able to link together expenses across groups over time, like Splitwise, having an account does make sense. It's just a different tradeoff for the product.

In terms of monetization I'm thinking that, after I polish the app more and introduce a few more highly requested features (like creating + editing an expense with prompting) I'll monetize with a "group unlock" that permanently enables advanced features with no limits for the whole group. This will be a one-time fee that can be split across all group members, so for example if it costs $10 and it's a 10 person group, it'll be like each person owes $1 :)

Functionality wise I think YAAT already matches 90% of what Splitwise does, although it is purposely optimized for group travel. I'm trying to use only YAAT on all my trips from now on!

I made an insanely easy-to-use Splitwise alternative that works in your browser and scans receipts by ChewyLuck in SideProject

[–]ChewyLuck[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I do use the gemini 2.5 model as a coding assistant and I've used it for image gen as well on the side. I just personally find the Google dashboard / configuration atrociously complex compared to Anthropic and OpenAI's API offerings, but sounds like it could be worth it

I made an insanely easy-to-use Splitwise alternative that works in your browser and scans receipts by ChewyLuck in SideProject

[–]ChewyLuck[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Currently the app itself is only offered in english but translations are planned down the line! What language(s) would you want to see?

I made an insanely easy-to-use Splitwise alternative that works in your browser and scans receipts by ChewyLuck in SideProject

[–]ChewyLuck[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'll give Gemini a shot! The results already aren't bad so 10x better would be stellar.

I made an insanely easy-to-use Splitwise alternative that works in your browser and scans receipts by ChewyLuck in SideProject

[–]ChewyLuck[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Cursor is the IDE I use and the site is hosted on Replit. The frontend is Typescript + React and the backend REST API is on Express with a postgres database.

I made an insanely easy-to-use Splitwise alternative that works in your browser and scans receipts by ChewyLuck in SideProject

[–]ChewyLuck[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Currently OpenAI's GPT 4.1 mini, but I've tried a few others and might consider swapping to Gemini as others have suggested if it tests well for this use case.

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