How you can track your personal finances using Python

I love these command line self hosted accounting software packages. But double entry bookkeeping was invented using ledgerbooks with ruled tables. I feel the plain text dataformats are a regression compared to a sql database. A general ledger just works so well with columns that you can sum.

It also saves you from needing a custom tool like bean-query to replicate sqlite-ish queries because it could have been in a database from the start

I use the envelope style. Every dollar is assigned a bucket when it comes in. All spending is done from a bucket and balances always persist. I don't like monthly budget targets. I prefer to put money in a bucket when the money comes in.

I might move back to plain text accounting as it is so flexible. I will miss the amazing interface to Lunch Money. I also like supporting a small business like Lunch Money.

> No, your personal data is not sold or rented or given away or bartered to parties that are not Plaid, your bank, or the connected app. We talk about all of this in our privacy policy, including ways that data could be used — for example, with data processors/service providers (like AWS which hosts our services) for the purposes of running Plaid’s services or for a user’s connected app to provide their services.

>> I saw that. Thank you for your patience and persistence in responding to so many pointed questions.

>> For any interested, here is a link to relevant section of the referenced privacy policy: https://plaid.com/legal/#consumers

>> I am also impressed by the Legal Changelog on the same page that clearly lays out a log of changes made to privacy & other published legal documents.

It’s not targeting technical users but it would be cool to add a SQL integration like Stripe Sigma, etc at some point.