Show HN: I built a simulator for personal finance

Re:Show HN: I built a simulator for personal finance by scubakid on Wednesday April 20, 2022 @10:37AM (#31097598)

That was indeed nontrivial haha. Did you try running it as a PWA? I've noticed there's a bit of weirdness in mobile browsers where content shifts/clips when you scroll sometimes; haven't dug into what's going on there yet, but that seems to go away when running as a PWA.

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Re:Show HN: I built a simulator for personal finance by Fire-Dragon-DoL on Wednesday April 20, 2022 @10:41AM (#31097649)

I installed the PWA but was still using the browser. Will give it a try.

What made it surprising is that usually diagrams and tables display horribly on phone in most apps. This app is centered around those and works well, which is literally amazing.

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Re:Show HN: I built a simulator for personal finance by scubakid on Wednesday April 20, 2022 @10:53AM (#31097822)

Thanks; glad you like it! I think there's still some room for improvement in the mobile version. To me it definitely doesn't feel like a "mobile first" experience... but it is serviceable at least.

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Re:Show HN: I built a simulator for personal finance by Fire-Dragon-DoL on Saturday April 23, 2022 @10:54AM (#31134759)

hi! I've been using your software more actively, what's the best way to provide feedback? I thought you could appreciate input on things as a "pair of fresh eyes"

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Re:Show HN: I built a simulator for personal finance by scubakid on Saturday April 23, 2022 @12:07PM (#31135518)

Definitely! Discord/email are easiest (links in app)

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Re:Show HN: I built a simulator for personal finance by Fire-Dragon-DoL on Thursday April 21, 2022 @01:01AM (#31106161)

This is not the answer about the PWA, but WOW, thank you.

I put in some serious numbers and it looks great. Now I'm a bit concerned for the last 3 years of my life, lol

I will definitely want the "tax adjustment" feature, I'm very happy you provided the "lifetime" option.

Do you have a "plan" in case everything goes wrong and you don't have enough funds? I wouldn't want to lose all the planning. That being said, the software is incredibly good, I don't expect that to be a thing.

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Re:Show HN: I built a simulator for personal finance by scubakid on Thursday April 21, 2022 @07:18AM (#31108032)

One of the nice things about being a solo dev building this as a side project is that I don't have investors I need to pay back, and so far operating costs are pretty minimal :)

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