Re:My Beancount books are 95% automatic after 3 years (2024)
by ericyd on Thursday March 06, 2025 @09:33AM
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I love the idea of command line accounting and having books based on git, but my primary use case is accounting for a shared account with my non technical life partner. Has anyone tried navigating the hurdle of introducing a non technical person to a tool like Beancount?
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Re:My Beancount books are 95% automatic after 3 years (2024)
by john2095 on Monday March 10, 2025 @03:32AM
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Show them fava https://beancount.github.io/fava/. Offer the url; they can comb through it all at their own leisure. "Here let me show you."
Mine likes the pretty graphs. As I enthusiastically explain them, the eyes start flickering elsewhere, attention rapidly dwindles, and trust is effectively reassured for another month, or six.