hughjeremy

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by hughjeremy 8y ago
Nice, thank you so much for those examples, fiatjaf! I actually already had a 'getting started' page ( https://amatino.io/articles/getting-started ) but it is nowhere near as good as those ones you've link
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by hughjeremy 8y ago
Oh! I see, I apologise, I may have misinterpreted your question. Amatino would be applicable to someone who is building a project that needs double-entry bookkeeping to function. For example, they might be a fintech startup building an earl
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by hughjeremy 8y ago
I humbly disagree, but very much appreciate you taking the time to critique, whatsstolat! Please allow me to present a counter argument for you to consider... In my opinion, ledger entries are the hardest part of accounting. Invoices, etc,
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by hughjeremy 8y ago
You put it better than I can, voidmain0001! I've so often been frustrated by being unable to extend an accounting system to suit my needs.
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by hughjeremy 8y ago
voidmain0001 probably put it better than I can! To add to some more cents (pardon the pun): Amatino is aimed at a lower-level of the problem than reporting, GUIs, and such. Amatino provides capabilities far in excess of a self-rolled databa
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by hughjeremy 8y ago
deedubaya, I couldn't agree more. Some of the accounting implementations I have come across have made me want to barf. It is my dream that Amatino will make it easy for businesses to develop robust, performant, flexible accounting syst
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by hughjeremy 8y ago
Ahhh! thieving_magpie your comment made me so happy! I'd be thrilled to help you tinker with Amatino, if you ever do proceed to give it a go. I'm so glad you find the pricing attractive. I've devoted a lot of effort building
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by hughjeremy 8y ago
Thanks for that feedback elcritch! I think you are very right. I've often wondered if I should devote time to developing a licensed solution. I will ponder it more now...
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by hughjeremy 8y ago
rcdwealth, it might sound crazy, but on a personal level I agree with you! Amatino was born out of my own frustrations with existing "cloud accounting" and the implications for my data. I am a die-hard GnuCash fanatic! In the end,
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by hughjeremy 8y ago
Hi kowdermeister! Thanks for taking a peek at Amatino, I'm super excited to answer your question, I'll try to keep it brief... In my fantasy land, Amatino has replaced your 'sales_history' table completely, from an accou
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by hughjeremy 8y ago
Thank you for taking the time to look, icebraining! I'll try to answer briefly and not get too excited! I see Amatino used as the unsexy, unsung, unseen double-entry data layer for other apps. Perhaps those apps are fancy GUI accountin
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by hughjeremy 8y ago
Thanks for taking a look at Amatino, sciurus, I'm so excited that you got so far as the roadmap! In "MVP" testing, I found that one of the critical problems with the service was latency. Amatino was used as the data layer for
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by hughjeremy 8y ago
Hi WorldMaker, thanks so much for taking a look at Amatino. It's very humbling to know that someone with your experience has critiqued my work!
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by hughjeremy 8y ago
Wow, RileyJames, thanks so much for taking a look. It's exciting to hear your thoughts as a Xero alumni. Xero is a big inspiration for me, and I love that it has made accounting easier for so many businesses. 'Independent and agno
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by hughjeremy 8y ago
Thanks for taking a look planetjones! I'll try to give a worthy answer: Amatino is trying to sit at a lower-level of the value chain than reporting, GUIs, and other layers. Amatino aims to enable others to create amazing reporting and
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by hughjeremy 8y ago
If you used Amatino as the double-entry layer of your product then yes, Amatino would be storing your customer's financial data. My aim is to make Amatino a very low-level service, akin to an Amazon S3 for double-entry data, wherein pe
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by hughjeremy 8y ago
Thanks fiatjaf! The documentation definitely needs work. And worse, it only documents HTTP interactions, not the rapidly expanding client libraries! Do you have any examples of documentation you really like? I'm a big fan of Stripe&#x2
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by hughjeremy 8y ago
Exactly :) - Each Transaction can have (arbitrary limit) 100 entries in Amatino.
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by hughjeremy 8y ago
Hi everyone - I apologise for linking directly to the Amatino blog, instead of the Amatino site itself ( https://amatino.io ). I deleted my initial Show HN submission, having thought I posted in the wrong place, and found I could
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Show HN: Amatino – A double-entry accounting API(amatino.io)
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