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Hey hackernews! Ive been building this Covid project for the last 18 months which is an accounting server that manages double entry bookkeeping transactions an
by darcys22 5y ago
Hey hackernews!
Ive been building this Covid project for the last 18 months which is an accounting server that manages double entry bookkeeping transactions and formats them nicely in either SQLite or MySQL.
Its mostly command line driven right now but also working on a GUI frontend here:
https://github.com/darcys22/godbledger-web https://github.com/darcys22/godbledger-web
The goal was to make a server that could run perpetually and when i wanted to record my accounts i could do so via a script. Also wanted to analyse the financials via the database directly and i found that current accounting software didnt really let you do those simple things.
- xupybd 5y agoI love the look of this. I've used a lot of CLI tools for budgeting. This could be the next thing I try. I'm surprised you haven't more traction on HN. I'm sure this will catch a lot of attention at some point. Great work. The name makes me laugh I keep reading God Bledger.
- darcys22 5y agoThank you! Yeah the name plays well and i like that about it but it was totally by accident. Golang, DataBase, Ledger
- benf76 5y agoHey I watched the demo video - typing in the account names .. what if you make a mistake? No select from list? Seems very easy to bungle small amounts or accounts?
- darcys22 5y agoYeah i mean the command line is a pretty thin layer of protection. Definitely trying to get the GUI built so that stronger validation can exist here. I guess the gRPC interface came first, then command line, then the more rigid tools for actual business use.