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10 years of personal finances in plain text files

https://sgoel.dev/posts/10-years-of-personal-finances-in-plain-text-files/

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10 years of personal finances in plain text files

I've been tracking my finances using Beancount in plain text files for 10 years. Here are the numbers, the workflow, and why I believe plaintext accounting will outlive any app.

Jake in the desert Sep 3, 2025

Calendar.txt by Tero Karvinen is a plain text file calendar that's versionable, supports all operating systems, is future-proof, easily syncs with Android, etc: https://terokarvinen.com/2021/calendar-txt

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