[HN Gopher] Plain Text Accounting (PTA)
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       Plain Text Accounting (PTA)
        
       Author : iscream26
       Score  : 21 points
       Date   : 2024-09-15 21:30 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (plaintextaccounting.org)
        
       | RivieraKid wrote:
       | I've been using Beancount, really enjoyed learning it, writing
       | tools for data import and having a hands-on experience with
       | accounting. But it's been almost a year since I last imported
       | data, I planned to do it monthly but it's a bit of a chore (it
       | takes 30 to 60 mins despite a lot of it being automated).
        
       | kingo55 wrote:
       | I've wanted to explore this so that I've got records of all my
       | transactions which I can feed to generative AI when it eventually
       | becomes capable enough.
       | 
       | E.g. "Using my financial records, help me set a budget which
       | allows me to do XYZ within ABC bounds."
       | 
       | I wonder if anyone else has done this yet?
        
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