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Excellent! Love to see these sorts of posts since this is also a goal of mine. (Though I'm in the situation of having quit first due to other reasons, I'd very
by LVB 3y ago
Excellent! Love to see these sorts of posts since this is also a goal of mine. (Though I'm in the situation of having quit first due to other reasons, I'd very much like to build a sustainable product vs returning to a W2 job.)
One specific question, and pardon my ignorance, having not dug into the product: are you beholden to a financial data provider (Plaid, etc.), or is all data self-entered? I've read a few times that upstream data providers (financial, weather, etc.) can really put a damper on indie products.
- scubakid 3y agoGood luck, I'll be rooting for you! Currently balance updates are manual. The idea of account linking is actually a bit of a contentious topic in the PL community. Initially I wanted to steer clear of that notorious support/maintenance/cost tar pit and design a tool where the focus is more on long-term projection rather than fixating on the latest daily stock price fluctuations and possibly missing the forest for the trees. Later this year I do plan to take another look at those services though.
- LVB 3y agoThere was a fairly recent, well-upvoted blog post shared here about a guy who worked for a few years polishing his iOS stocks app and ultimately gave up due to the data feeds becoming untenable. Excellent article... that I can't find :-(