A QUICK WORD FROM JEFFERSON: If this page looks like your browser is broken, don't worry. It's called an RSS feed, and it's a tool that lets you take back control from the algorithms trying to control what you read. For a full explanation, check out the "About Following Me" article on my About page. Or you can cut and paste this URL here: https://creativityhacker.ca/nav/about/artifacts/2025-03-26_191111/ (Sorry, URL links aren't clickable inside RSS feeds.) https://creativityhacker.ca/tags/finance/ Recent content in Finance on Creativity Hacker Hugo en-us jeff@smithicus.com (Jefferson Smith) jeff@smithicus.com (Jefferson Smith) Wed, 04 Jun 2025 08:53:28 +0000 https://creativityhacker.ca/projects/plim/ -projects Wed, 30 Apr 2025 23:28:01 +0000jeff@smithicus.com (Jefferson Smith) https://creativityhacker.ca/projects/plim/ <p>The old-timey way to manage your money:</p> <ul> <li> <p>Throw your cash into buckets</p> </li> <li> <p>Spend the month shooting holes in them</p> </li> <li> <p>And try not to let them run dry</p> </li> <li> <p>Fun for the whole family.</p> </li> </ul> <p>A simple data system for planning personal budgets and tracking your spending. Works on Linux CLI and also as local web interface. The guiding principles are simplicity, verifiability, and minimal user effort for maximum value.</p> <p>Data is taken directly from bank records, downloaded in CSV form and never modified. App user inputs are tracked in human readable CSV files and everything is tracked in a GIT repo to provide easy rollback.</p> <p>The data is read directly from banking CSV files. Every month is completely isolated from the previous and next. There is no data carried from month to month, other than the unspent funds in the cistern.</p>