Actual Budget Reviews

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Actual Budget mentions (54)

• Tell HN: YNAB will partly remove direct bank imports

  I use Actual budget. It’s open source, free, but you’ll have to figure out hosting. Bank sync is currently provided in North America by SimpleFin ($15/year) And in Europe by GoCardless I host mine in a Docker container on my NAS. [1] https://actualbudget.com/. - Source: Hacker News / 3 months ago

• Budgeting App

  If you are tech-savvy then maybe https://actualbudget.com/ - similar to YNAB, but free & open-source. Source: 7 months ago

• Local-first software: You own your data, in spite of the cloud (2019)

  Looks visually quite similar to https://actualbudget.com/ (open-source, local-first). Did one influence the other? Are they both inspired by some other budget software? - Source: Hacker News / 9 months ago

• Family finance meetings with spouse?

  I use https://actualbudget.com/ locally. You have to import your transactions yourself and it's all local. Source: about 1 year ago

• What's your strategy for organizing money in your bank accounts?

  If you have the ability to selfhost, Actual budget has been my go to for budgeting. I just input bank transactions usually weekly and assign the transaction to it's appropriate category. Source: about 1 year ago

what3words mentions (122)

• I Know What Your Password Was Last Summer

  Something to add to their list of common passwords is the What3Words database of locations https://what3words.com It's something like 50trillion sets of looks-random strings. That's quite a lot, but if the list could be narrowed very significantly to get some likely results by selecting locations in: 1) cities where a company is physically located 2) large capital & global cities 3) significant landmarks I see... - Source: Hacker News / 5 months ago

• No rapid numbers on driveways

  I’m waiting for these guys to make a breakthrough here. Source: 7 months ago

• Unique Challenges of Geocoding in India

  I assume this is the problem that https://what3words.com/ is trying to solve. But I guess it being in English makes it a less good solution. - Source: Hacker News / 9 months ago

• Planning and Crash Prevention

  Crashing in a Metro Park follows very similar recommendations as to what’s above. However, accurately describing your location along our Metro Parks Greenway trails and systems can often be tricky! And just for that reason, the parks department uses the app What3Words to help people share their exact location with emergency responders. Whether you’ve crashed or come across someone who needs aid for any reason,... Source: 10 months ago

• Worst3Words

  I've been having fund with a game I call Worst3Words, trying to find the worst What3Words (https://what3words.com/) address. The meaning of worst is flexible e.g. Confusing ///senses.census.send Offensive ///retain.towers.slip (look up the location) Or just... Odd ///aargh.send.help But has to be valid. Source: 10 months ago