Re:Show HN: Bagels – TUI Expense Tracker
by Temporary_31337 on Monday January 27, 2025 @01:53AM
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Superb application and I agree the terminal simplicity plus some minima amount of visualisation is what appeals to me.
But my online banking provides all of this plus automatic categorisation and if needed I can always export to csv.
So not sure why I would enter these manually, I guess it’s different in the US? (I live in Europe where things like easy export and account transfers are required by law)
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Re:Show HN: Bagels – TUI Expense Tracker
by EnhancedJax on Monday January 27, 2025 @04:13AM
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I live in Hong Kong, and the problem is I juggle around 5 different accounts, including transit cards, mobile wallet apps and cash. I use my transit card to pay for transit and food, wallet apps to online shop etc. and there's no centralized system to manage expenses other than a tracker.
Re:Show HN: Bagels – TUI Expense Tracker
by Temporary_31337 on Monday January 27, 2025 @01:51PM
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Good to understand - HongKong was a finiancial hub for Asia and an early adopter of 'fintech' which means you are stuck with banks running on tech from the 1980s while some developing countries went straight to mobile payments....
Re:Show HN: Bagels – TUI Expense Tracker
by withinboredom on Monday January 27, 2025 @01:50PM
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Same. But since it is just sqlite; it should be rather simple-ish to export my account as json and import it. It'd probably take a weekend, max.
However, there is some value in entering your expenses manually... either you won't; or you'll spend less so you have less to enter.