siddhant

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   by siddhant 2mo ago

   I'm continuing to work on Personal Finances Python [1], a book that teaches software developers how to track their finances using the Python ecosystem, Double Entry Bookkeeping, and a bunch of plain-text files. Apart from that, I recen
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   by siddhant 5mo ago

   This should be fixed now!
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   by siddhant 5mo ago

   Definitely something on my end. Thanks for the heads up! I’ll try to fix it tonight.
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   by siddhant 5mo ago

   I’m building ATProto Alternatives ( https://atprotoalternatives.com ). I started looking into AT Protocol recently and find it very interesting, so I started collecting a list of decentralized products built on top of AT that are
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   Wait It Out(bell.bz)

   3 points by siddhant 6mo ago|0 comments
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   by siddhant 9mo ago

   Thanks a lot for the shout out, Michael!
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   10 years of personal finances in plain text files(sgoel.dev)

   1 points by siddhant 9mo ago|0 comments
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   Htmx and Django make status polling trivial(sgoel.dev)

   1 points by siddhant 10mo ago|0 comments
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   by siddhant 2y ago

   I think I'm actively trying to not do anything dynamic/complicated. :) If Zed breaks things too much in the future (to the point that its JSON config doesn't let me do something I need to get my work done) I'll probably
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    Trying out Zed after more than a decade of Vim/Neovim(sgoel.dev)

    188 points by siddhant 2y ago|149 comments
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    Beancount Announcement: v3 and Git branches(groups.google.com)

    4 points by siddhant 2y ago|1 comments
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    How you can track your personal finances using Python(sgoel.dev)

    3 points by siddhant 3y ago|0 comments
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    by siddhant 5y ago

    Thanks for the feedback! You can find the TOC here: https://personalfinancespython.com/files/toc.pdf (will try to link to it from the website later during the day).
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    by siddhant 5y ago

    This book mainly focuses on extracting data from CSV files. Generally speaking though, if the PDF statements your bank sends have a deterministic format, extracting data should be possible using some PDF parsing library. Thanks for the feed
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    by siddhant 5y ago

    Just added another comment with a link to a sample chapter. Thanks!
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    by siddhant 5y ago

    And here’s a sample chapter: https://personalfinancespython.com/files/sample.pdf (I couldn’t modify the original comment or add replies to it anymore, hence posting a new one.)
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    by siddhant 5y ago

    Thanks for the heads up! I’m trying to change it but apparently it’s not possible to adjust URLs after submission? Hoping one of the mods could help with this!
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    by siddhant 5y ago

    About 4 years ago I started looking for a privacy-friendly way to keep track of my money across different accounts. While searching, I found Plain Text Accounting [1], which means keeping financial records inside plain-text files. This meth
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    Show HN: I wrote an eBook on tracking personal finances using Python(personalfinancespython.com)

    30 points by siddhant 5y ago|12 comments
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    by siddhant 5y ago

    Looks cool! This will definitely be of interest to folks using Beancount. I just added a link to it on https://awesome-beancount.com/#tools .
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    by siddhant 5y ago

    Martin's blog post is awesome! It helped clear up a bunch of stuff for me too. And on a somewhat unrelated note: his book on building data-intensive applications is another goldmine (on a different topic).
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    by siddhant 5y ago

    That's actually a good point. You only need to write Python code if you're using the Beancount importers framework and intend to use bean-identify and/or bean-extract.
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    How you can track your personal finances using Python(sgoel.dev)

    140 points by siddhant 5y ago|58 comments
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    Gift a Donation(sgoel.dev)

    1 points by siddhant 6y ago|0 comments
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    Humane Tech(github.com)

    1 points by siddhant 6y ago|0 comments
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    Microsoft vs. MikeRoweSoft(en.wikipedia.org)

    1 points by siddhant 6y ago|0 comments
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    by siddhant 7y ago

    There’s great advice in the other comments already. One additional resource I would recommend is https://devtomanager.com , which is a list of interviews with other developers on how their transition was like. Good luck on your
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    by siddhant 7y ago

    I run Developer to Manager ( https://devtomanager.com ), where we interview tech leaders and ask them for advice they have for someone new to this field. I'm of course biased, but I do feel it's turning out to be a good
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    by siddhant 7y ago

    My point of comparison is the internet prices/quality in India. Post Jio, fast internet seems to be practically free over there.
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    by siddhant 7y ago

    Interesting. Not sure if it's location dependent, but I've had a considerably better/faster/stabler experience with cable. With DSL the connection keeps breaking all the time. And yes, Vodafone definitely has support&#x