Show HN: Paisa – Open-Source Personal Finance Manager

Post by redact207 » Sat, Sep 23, 2023, 10:24 AM UTC

jaipilot747 wrote: post #8

This is incredible! Great job building this and also writing the documentation that explains concepts as well as how they are implemented. I can't believe how many comments here are dismissive. If you are happy using a paid solution to manage your finances and don't want to get into the weeds yourself, you are probably not the target audience for this. One suggestion would be to make the country-specific pieces like…

Post by [deleted] » Sat, Sep 23, 2023, 10:41 AM UTC

dylmye wrote: post #197

malermeister wrote: post #131

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I know this is only vaguely related, but as a European that's been looking for an open source budgeting solution, how does PSD2 help?

you should check out Actual budget as well - works perfectly for me in the same situation.

Post by hydroid7 » Sat, Sep 23, 2023, 10:56 AM UTC

bbor wrote: post #232

pasc1878 wrote: post #228

Unfortunately I can't see your web site as it does not work without sending cookies to Google. Please implement the site with only needed cookies. NB this means that your site cannot be used in Europe,

If you have time, could you clarify how you can tell that? I just opened it in Europe and the blurb seems to pass “these cookies are for internal self-improvement of the product only” (see below). Is your problem that google is managing the analytics so could be spying, or that the stated use isn’t essential? I guess my assumption was that “non-essential” meant “built for the purposes of 3P advertising” We use cookie…

Post by brnt » Sat, Sep 23, 2023, 11:31 AM UTC

maccard wrote: post #236

hydroid7 wrote: post #235

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Cannot used legally.

Third party cookies aren't illegal in Europe.

Post by eviks » Sat, Sep 23, 2023, 11:34 AM UTC

gunnaraasen wrote: post #175

asdajksah2123 wrote: post #23

Here's something that always trips me up when I look into non professional software for double entry accounting (or more accurately, instructions around them). It's been a long time, so I may be getting it wrong, but I do have some introductory information of accounting. And according to that, in a transaction such as salary received, the accounting would look something like: Income: Salary - Credit Assets: Checking…

Most tutorials for financial services are written for bank account users. People refer to their bank account colloquially as a "debit account" and "credit account" because those are the types of accounts offered to them by a bank. From the bank's perspective, a consumer debit account is (correctly) considered a "debit" since any money deposited into the account by the account owner is an asset for the bank.