Meeting Cost Ticker
A running total of what this meeting is costing, in real time.
StarterWeb appTool2–5hAI-buildable 5/5no setup
Enter the attendees and their rates, hit start, and watch money tick away. A joke that lands, and a compact exercise in smooth incremental animation — the number should flow rather than jump once a second.
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Core features · 6
- Add attendees with hourly rates or use a default
- A cost total ticks up continuously while running
- The number animates smoothly rather than stepping once per second
- Pause and resume without losing accumulated cost
- Attendees can join or leave mid-meeting, changing the rate
- A summary shows total cost and duration at the end
The interesting part
- Smooth number animation without accumulating floating point drift
- Recalculating the rate correctly when attendees change mid-run
Once it works
- Add currency selection
- Add a comparison to what else that money buys
- Add a shareable end-of-meeting summary card
Suggested stack
reacttypescripttailwind