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This app uses data collected on Reddit to estimate your chance of credit card approval. Beware that not many denied applications were submitted, so the results may look more optimistic than reality.

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We should carefully consider the decision to apply for a credit card. If we get denied, our credits get hurt by an additional hard inquiry while no benefit is gained.

This app uses data collected on Reddit to estimate your chance of credit card approval. Beware that not many denied applications were submitted, so the results may look more optimistic than reality.

How to set up

The following are instructions on Ubuntu 16.04 and above. Clone this repository: git clone https://github.com/minhhpham/credit-cards cd credit-cards

Install requirements

Libraries: sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install libcurl4-openssl-dev libssl-dev

R: sudo apt-get install r-base-core sudo Rscript requirements.R

Shiny: sudo apt-get install gdebi-core wget https://download3.rstudio.org/ubuntu-14.04/x86_64/shiny-server-1.5.12.933-amd64.deb sudo gdebi shiny-server-1.5.12.933-amd64.deb

Nginx: sudo apt-get install nginx sudo cp ./shiny-nginx.conf /etc/nginx/conf.d/

Launching server

Launching shiny: sudo shiny-server shiny-server.conf > log.txt 2>&1 &

Launching Nginx: sudo systemctl daemon-reload && sudo systemctl restart nginx

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This app uses data collected on Reddit to estimate your chance of credit card approval. Beware that not many denied applications were submitted, so the results may look more optimistic than reality.

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