ProjectionLab
Finance and crypto
personal finance planning
SHOW HN2023
How HN took it
39 positive, 55 neutral or asking, 9 mixed, 40 critical, out of 143 comments about the project. Thread score +0.03.
Pricing: 6 for, 14 againstIdea: 6 for, 7 againstDesign: 5 for, 6 againstExecution: 0 for, 10 againstPrivacy: 3 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Useful and well-designed planning tool
From 2 comments
Thanks for checking it out! That UI is the product of more than a few sleepless nights.
scubakid on HNI was able to recreate my spreadsheet (in a much more pleasing UI!) in a few minutes here. I think I'm going to be recommending your tool to the Veteran's I help advise. Awesome…
CobaltFire on HN
Objections
Paddle free trial charges after trial ends, confusing checkout
From 2 comments
Where is $592 coming from? That doesn't sound right to me for Premium, esp. since the Lifetime option doesn't even have a trial phase. Which plan, billing frequency, and currency…
scubakid on HNThe checkout experience in PL is just standard Paddle checkout, so I imagine the feedback about charging after the free trial applies to everyone who uses Paddle? I tend to think…
scubakid on HN
Pricing considered too high by some and too low by others
From 2 comments
Do you feel like it's more the price or the billing frequency options that affect the psychology here? To me, a month of planning for the price of a cocktail sounds about right…
scubakid on HNFunny enough, "pricing too low" is still a common piece of feedback I get as well. I wonder if the fact that there are now voices on both sides could indicate that it's finally…
scubakid on HN
Read-only access after subscription lapses feels like holding plans hostage
From 2 comments
I wonder if the commenter who was talking about dark patterns might look at the notional implementation for this and say it feels like the tool holding your plans hostage. I'm…
scubakid on HNYeah that kind of tinkering is what the app is made for. So it's hard not to wonder if cutting people off from that until they buy another "access pass" to their own plans might…
scubakid on HN
Requests
Account linking to sync financial accounts
From 2 comments
I'm pretty agnostic on the existing account linking/aggregator services out there, but I know some folks prefer not to use them, and I wanted to build a tool that gives the user…
scubakid on HNIs account linking the primary thing you'd like to see? Or is there another kind of data as well? I'd be curious to hear your thoughts on the back-and-forth in the public roadmap…
scubakid on HN
Persistence of sandbox data or better recovery of unsaved work
From 2 comments
Thanks for the detailed feedback! I appreciate you checking out the tool. And sorry to hear you ran into trouble with the sandbox. It should warn about unsaved data if you try to…
scubakid on HNWhat browser/OS? (unless you'd rather not share, that's fine too). I just re-tested chrome, safari, and firefox on Mac OS and seems like the close tab warning works as expected.…
scubakid on HN
More pricing tiers or cheaper plans
From 2 comments
Would you fall into the camp of "make it universally cheaper"? Or carve up the feature set into more tiers with different prices? Curious how you would divvy things up, if the…
scubakid on HNDo you feel like it's more the price or the billing frequency options that affect the psychology here? To me, a month of planning for the price of a cocktail sounds about right…
scubakid on HN
Questions
Which direction should features be prioritized next
From 1 comment
Thanks so much! I use PL for all my own planning too of course, and keeping it around is very much the plan. Is there a particular direction in which you'd like to see me build…
scubakid on HN
Alternatives named
Spreadsheets
From 1 comment
I know the feeling. The precursor to PL was a hideously complex spreadsheet of my own. You're probably a better spreadsheet wrangler than me, b/c in my case all the formulas…
scubakid on HN