the_fire_friar
Re:Facebook whistleblower says she wants to fix company, not harm it
on Sunday October 03, 2021 @09:14PM (#28742005)
I will be pleasantly surprised if Discord could reach a $1 trillion dollar market cap on that business model.
Re:Don't build a general-purpose API to power your own front end
on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @02:38AM (#28521111)
This is my recipe as well and I've launched a number of products [1][2] this way and have had no complaints from customers.
Re:Spreadsheet formulas for personal finance
on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @06:37PM (#28067361)
Those are really cool. I didn't know about them (I was also using Google Sheets :|).
Perhaps because I'm comfortable writing software it still feels very limiting to work within spreadsheets.
Re:Spreadsheet formulas for personal finance
on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @03:42PM (#28065305)
I'd guess to keep more money to use for things that are important to them.
Do people actively look for ways to pay more taxes?
Re:Spreadsheet formulas for personal finance
on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @01:34PM (#28063844)
Love these formulas and wish this information was more understood and accessible to people when making decisions. I've personally benefited a lot from a mortgage payoff spreadsheet I have. It's so easy to duplicate a tab, change the interest rate or additional payments and see what the long term impact is.
That being said, and a disclaimer that I created this, I have been charting my path to being able to retire early. I found it difficult when duplicating tabs to simulate different scenarios and keeping the tabs up-to-date with formula changes. If this speaks to any of you, then consider checking out the tool I made - I have not looked back at my old spreadsheets.
Sample forecast: https://fiers.co/forecast/6020f254b4e8c
Forecast comparison: https://fiers.co/forecasts/compare/6020f254b4e8c/60488472528...
Re:“Great resignation” wave coming for companies
on Monday June 14, 2021 @12:22PM (#27504524)
Yeah - FIRE comes in many flavors depending on what you're goals are. https://partnersinfire.com/finance/fire-fundamentals-basics-...
Re:“Great resignation” wave coming for companies
on Monday June 14, 2021 @09:48AM (#27502476)
I think the FIRE movement is going to see a huge surge.
Financial Independence Retire Early
Re:“Great resignation” wave coming for companies
on Monday June 14, 2021 @09:46AM (#27502456)
Me too! I made this site to help: https://fiers.co
Re:Consumer Prices in U.S. Increase by Most Since 2009
on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @02:44PM (#27133703)
Not sure why this is down voted. Real estate is a common hedge against inflation. It's just much more complex of an investment vehicle and you can't just jump in and out of real estate like you can stocks.
You could opt for a REIT instead.
Re:Building a Simple Budgeting Tool as Good as Simple's
on Tuesday March 30, 2021 @11:55PM (#26643352)
Thanks. It should be fun nonetheless :).
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Re:Building a Simple Budgeting Tool as Good as Simple's
on Tuesday March 30, 2021 @11:33AM (#26635813)
Clickable link: https://firefriar.substack.com/p/054272d8-afed-42d0-85bb-82e...
Building a Simple Budgeting Tool as Good as Simple's
Hello,I'm a long time customer of Simple Bank and have been looking for alternatives to their budgeting tools since they announced their looming shut down. My searches have been unsuccessful so I'm going to try and build an alternative in the next 40 days before they shut down on May 8th.I'm pretty confident I can do it. Follow along if you're a former Simple customer or are into...