BudgetFlow
Productivity
budget planning
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How HN took it
13 positive, 17 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 14 critical, out of 45 comments about the project. Thread score -0.04.
Idea: 6 for, 6 againstDesign: 5 for, 2 againstExecution: 0 for, 3 againstPrivacy: 1 for, 1 againstPerformance: 0 for, 2 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Sankey view is intuitive and clear for budgets
From 3 comments
Thanks for sharing this. I've never seen Sankey diagrams used for budgeting, but it feels very intuitive! I'm wondering about how budgeting tools like this help with planning vs…
thomascountz on HNI love this idea! I was vaguely thinking of making something like this for myself but I’m very glad someone else has done the hard work. Getting started now!
jonplackett on HNVery pretty! One thing I noticed is that when you hover over a budget item, it highlights the source and the destination of that item, but only a distance of one away. I think it…
phailhaus on HN
Helped a user build a personal budget for the first time
From 1 comment
This is so cool! I actually spent the last 3 hours after finding this creating a personal budget for the first time in my life. Basically I just added all my expenses using…
opdahl on HN
Objections
Main account node adds little; income and outgoings are enough
From 1 comment
I'm not sure the diagram helps in any way, certainly in the use case on the main page. The "main account" is just thrown in to provide some sort of intermediate step. In most…
b800h on HN
Cannot model per-account or percentage-based flows like child support or tax withholding
From 3 comments
One of the things that irks me with many of the /r/dataisbeautiful things with Sankey diagrams is somewhere on the line there's "one big bucket" that loses all of the data behind…
shagie on HNA dollar in an account is fungible. Are all the dollars that show up on the W2 going to the same account? Do some of them not even hit the main account? If I made $3000 this…
shagie on HNI really like the idea. Having a bird's eye view of money flow is central to building and maintaining a strategy. I have been looking for this kind of tool for years, and…
lcof on HN
UX is hard to use, unclear how to edit numbers and add pockets
From 2 comments
I really like the idea. Having a bird's eye view of money flow is central to building and maintaining a strategy. I have been looking for this kind of tool for years, and…
lcof on HNThis looked like an awesome product... until I signed up, then it made no sense using it. UX is nonsense. Hope it improves though so thumbs up
mfh423 on HN
Lagging animations and Safari loading issues
From 2 comments
Looks very nice, but animations are very laggy for me (M1 Mac, Chrome Beta)
parsadotsh on HNStrange, chart doesn't load in Safari 15.6, no error message in console.
fouc on HN
Requests
Automatic import of bank transaction data
From 1 comment
Nice use of Sankey. Here's an ask or thought, I would like to feed this automatically with my spend data from my bank account. So I can export a csv that has time-date, entity,…
monkeydust on HN
Show how balances change over time
From 2 comments
Is there a way to see how the money changes over time or do I need to work that out myself. Like if a bucket is filling up month by month?
jonplackett on HNThis is a neat view into budgeting. What are your future plans? Will you have tools that help see how the different pockets grow over time?
techplex on HN
Self-hosted version
From 1 comment
does this have a selfhosted version ?
sciencesama on HN
Highlight full upstream and downstream paths on hover
From 1 comment
Very pretty! One thing I noticed is that when you hover over a budget item, it highlights the source and the destination of that item, but only a distance of one away. I think it…
phailhaus on HN
Questions
Where is data stored and who operates it
From 1 comment
Where does the data get stored? Why is there no company / legal entity / contact information on the home page? It's an interesting idea, but if you want budget information about…
calrain on HN
Does it support planning what-if scenarios
From 1 comment
Thanks for sharing this. I've never seen Sankey diagrams used for budgeting, but it feels very intuitive! I'm wondering about how budgeting tools like this help with planning vs…
thomascountz on HN
Alternatives named
Monarch
From 1 comment
Sounds like you would benefit from Monarch. I use their Sankey features for visualizing expenses (https://www.monarchmoney.com/features/spending)
davidstoker on HN
YNAB
From 2 comments
I've been using YNAB for the last ten years or so and I've found the best way of dealing with these sorts of cases is to exclude that money from "the budget" altogether…
cbhl on HNFungibility != allocatability Money itself is fungible, else you'd be marking every single dollar bill specifically with some unique mark. But still, I'm curious what you mean by…
satvikpendem on HN
Google Charts Sankey
From 1 comment
Wanted to drop a note that I have been using Sankey for the exact same use case for a couple years now. I use Google Charts and about 40 lines of JS code, then I export the SVG…
mtam on HN
Conquest.money
From 1 comment
I’ve been working on a personal finance app for the last few months that’s in beta now that’s doing something similar. It’s essentially a personal finance app plugged with Plaid,…
ishyfishyy on HN