[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":723},["ShallowReactive",2],{"project-45490578":3},{"id":4,"name":5,"line":6,"line_source":7,"title":8,"url":9,"domain":10,"maker":11,"posted_at":12,"year":13,"points":14,"comments":15,"rank_in_year":16,"shown_in_year":17,"top":18,"tier":19,"category":20,"subcategory":21,"format":22,"keywords":23,"reception":28,"sentiment":29,"stance_mix":30,"scored_comments":35,"aspects":36,"strip":49,"post_text":50,"what":51,"said":96,"maker_in_thread":223,"shape":234,"grid":237,"attempts":684,"same_week":685,"maker_shows":44,"maker_hidden":715,"reader_version":716,"card":717},"45490578","Write It Down","Personal finance tracker","title","Show HN: Write It Down – Personal finance tracker","https:\u002F\u002Fwrite-it-down.com","write-it-down.com","LarsenCC",1759753420,2025,271,173,207,3837,6,"legend","productivity","personal finance spreadsheet","web_app",[24,25,26,27],"personal finance tracker","budget spreadsheet","expense tracker","google sheets","debated",0.033,{"positive":31,"neutral":32,"mixed":33,"critical":34},17,14,0,19,50,{"design":37,"idea":40,"docs":43,"privacy":45,"pricing":47,"execution":48},{"positive":38,"critical":39},1,5,{"positive":41,"critical":42},7,3,{"positive":33,"critical":44},2,{"positive":38,"critical":46},4,{"positive":46,"critical":38},{"positive":33,"critical":44},[39,42,33,38,33,38,42,46,44,39,39,33,39,33,33,33,33,33,33,33,42,38,42,33,42,42,42,39,39,39,38,38,38,42,42,39,38,39,38,38],"Everyone’s chasing AI hype. I built a Google Sheet and it quietly took off.\n\nIn 2020, I made it to track my own finances for income, expenses, savings, yearly summaries etc. I shared it once on Reddit, forgot about it for a year… When I checked back, it had over 130k views and I was honestly stoked!\n\nNo launch. No funding. No AI. Just a spreadsheet people actually stick with and find useful.\n\nI finally gave it a proper home: write-it-down.com Now, more than 2,300 people use it.\n\nIt’s intentionally boring and that’s why it works.\n\nPeople don’t always need AI. 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Great price.",{"id":114,"by":115,"text":116},"45490766","fedeb95","Congratulations on making the life of ~2k people a bit better.",{"value":118,"source":68,"evidence":119},"Good price for a budget spreadsheet",[120],{"id":110,"by":111,"text":112},[122,129,140,154],{"value":123,"source":68,"evidence":124},"Paid product is unclear value over a free spreadsheet",[125],{"id":126,"by":127,"text":128},"45491558","jaffa2","I will never us it if I have to pay. 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