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After reading the comments in this thread I may consider open sourcing my side project porkybank.io. You can check out an example here: https://porkybank.io/exa

After reading the comments in this thread I may consider open sourcing my side project porkybank.io. You can check out an example here: https://porkybank.io/example/overview https://porkybank.io/example/overview It's a simple daily budgeting app I put together for my wife and I to help us be more cognizant of our daily spending. Upvotes count as interest.

ta988 3y ago
This looks like a great tool. Not sure what the crystal ball does.
- plondon514 3y ago
  Thanks for the feedback, it's like a forecasting feature. Say you want to spend over budget today, you can see how that changes your daily budget 1 day, 2 days, 3 days, etc. out from today. Or let's say you plan on being frugal for the next few days and will spend only $20.00 over the next 3 days, by the 4th day your daily budget will adjust accordingly: https://imgur.com/a/hD9R2zv https://imgur.com/a/hD9R2zv
  - joshuakogut 3y ago
    What a great feature! I also had no idea what it meant so for UI/UX reasons I'd add some alt-text explaining that.
leoqa 3y ago
The real question is: does your wife use it? I have an excel budget that I updated based on our real spending habits every couple months. I also use projectifi for the long term asset planning, using the budget as an input for our surplus cash. My wife has never opened either and has vague anxiety (read: frustrating) about going on vacations or making big purchases even though we’re doing great. I’m the sole income for 5 so I suppose I have to take the mental load of ensuring things are budgeted, diversified, HSA/529 is funded etc.
- plondon514 3y ago
  Yes, she does! She checks it everyday and she loves the simplicity of it. I also tried the spreadsheet approach since I was so frustrated with budgeting apps, but they're a bit overwhelming for some.
charcoalhobo 3y ago
This is pretty much exactly what I have been looking for, I do this with paper/pencil on our fridge. If you don't open-source it, where is the data stored?
- plondon514 3y ago
  Right now just unmanaged postgres instance hosted on fly.io

ta988 3y ago

This looks like a great tool. Not sure what the crystal ball does.

plondon514 3y ago
Thanks for the feedback, it's like a forecasting feature. Say you want to spend over budget today, you can see how that changes your daily budget 1 day, 2 days, 3 days, etc. out from today. Or let's say you plan on being frugal for the next few days and will spend only $20.00 over the next 3 days, by the 4th day your daily budget will adjust accordingly: https://imgur.com/a/hD9R2zv https://imgur.com/a/hD9R2zv
- joshuakogut 3y ago
  What a great feature! I also had no idea what it meant so for UI/UX reasons I'd add some alt-text explaining that.

leoqa 3y ago

The real question is: does your wife use it? I have an excel budget that I updated based on our real spending habits every couple months. I also use projectifi for the long term asset planning, using the budget as an input for our surplus cash. My wife has never opened either and has vague anxiety (read: frustrating) about going on vacations or making big purchases even though we’re doing great. I’m the sole income for 5 so I suppose I have to take the mental load of ensuring things are budgeted, diversified, HSA/529 is funded etc.

plondon514 3y ago
Yes, she does! She checks it everyday and she loves the simplicity of it. I also tried the spreadsheet approach since I was so frustrated with budgeting apps, but they're a bit overwhelming for some.

charcoalhobo 3y ago

This is pretty much exactly what I have been looking for, I do this with paper/pencil on our fridge. If you don't open-source it, where is the data stored?

plondon514 3y ago
Right now just unmanaged postgres instance hosted on fly.io