The Richest Man in Babylon
George S. Clason
- Finance
- Habits
Parables about the people of ancient Babylon that hide simple rules for handling money. A moneylender, a camel trader, a scribe and merchants take turns explaining how to save, not lose and multiply.
Key ideas
- A part of all you earn is yours to keep: save at least a tenth of your income.
- Expenses grow with income unless they’re planned in advance.
- Saved money should work and bring new income.
- Protect your capital from risky investments and take advice from those who know the business.
- Luck comes to those who act, not to those who wait.
Where and how I applied it
Demo · Web app · AI economics · vanilla JS
AI bot cost calculator
Before launching a bot I calculate what it will cost per month and show how to pay less: prompt caching, fewer fragments, a cheaper model for simple questions.
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Mortgage calculator
Overpayment, early repayment and debt-to-income on one screen: you can see what the loan will cost and how to cut the expense.
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