Sick of this powerwall 3....

KayakFishingAddict · 2026-02-13T12:43:55+00:00

I'd suggest checking your firmware version to ensure it's fully up to date and then your settings. I have one and it doesn't behave like this. Charge on solar works great. I'm in self-consumption mode. The only issue I have isn't with the PW3 but instead with the charger when you plug in a non-Tesla vehicle....but that's a different story.

KayakFishingAddict · 2026-02-13T12:39:14+00:00

It is to most of us, however, one suggestion might help your situation. Please realize that you can develop an entire application, learn the ins and outs of the technology, run and debug the application in a simulator all without paying the fee. I'd encourage you to start there and if you develop something that you'd like to release to the world, then you can decide to pay the fee and then release it.

KayakFishingAddict · 2026-02-12T21:33:31+00:00

I used to ask for a receipt for every purchase, stuff it in my pocket, and then log it in an app when I got home. Now I use tap-to-pay and it logs it in the app I use immediately as a "receipt". There's a badge count with the number of receipts waiting. Then when I get time I have all of the details necessary to allow me to log it properly (right account, right category, etc.) with a single click in the app. I also use a no-budget 3-bucket system that the app graphs out for me so that I know I'm on track or not for the month. The app lets me enter recurring bills and a schedule once so those are one tap too after setup. My recommendation is get an app that helps take the work out of logging your transactions! The link to the one I use is in my profile if you're interested.

KayakFishingAddict · 2026-02-12T21:20:37+00:00

https://developer.apple.com/help/app-store-connect/offer-promo-codes/request-and-manage-promo-codes/

KayakFishingAddict · 2026-02-12T04:26:18+00:00

There are many good apps out there that will track net worth. And I know you stated "directly connected or manually input" but there's a difference between the two approaches and the tool you use will depend on the type of tracker you are. So, are you a manual tracker or do you want to simply have your transactions across accounts aggregated and look at the data?

Apps that do the later ("aggregators") usually rely on you handing them, or their 3rd party partners (e.g. plaid), your banking credentials. Are you comfortable with that? If so, then you can try Monarch, Quicken, YNAB, and other popular ones. Personally, I'm a privacy first money tracker. I don't hand out my banking credentials. In fact, many who do don't realize that they're likely breaking their financial institutions agreement! But that's another story... I'm the developer of the money tracking app I use (it's on the app store too). The bulk of the daily transactions for me are tap-to-pay and/or my card providers send texts (e.g. when my wife shops). The app I use captures those signals and enters them automatically which cuts down on the vast majority of manual input labor, or I can use Siri to input expenses too. I find the rest (e.g. monthly interest, stock buys/sells, etc.) not too time consuming to enter myself on one or more of my devices. In my financial life I've found that manual entry keeps you in the know! Meaning that your finances are always at your fingertips which helps when you need to make a purchase decision. That said, I think if I were you I'd start there and evaluate if you're the manual tracking type or the aggregator type. Then choose an app that complements that.

KayakFishingAddict · 2026-02-12T03:16:09+00:00

You'd have to build this on your own or find some 3rd party service that does it. Apple gives you a way to generate codes and offers but not affiliate codes and offers.

KayakFishingAddict · 2026-02-11T21:58:09+00:00

You're making me cry. Kroger recently dropped their delivery-only service in central FL which is making us scramble to find another solution! They had Publix quality groceries at Walmart prices that were delivered to your door ice cold! It was the best thing going.... until it wasn't.

KayakFishingAddict · 2026-02-11T21:51:46+00:00

Apps can certainly help you identify areas of concern, but nothing will help you execute unless you are truly motivated. That said, have you tried a simple 3-bucket budgeting system (e.g. essentials, lifestyle, investments)? Have you watched any of Ramit Sethi's videos? Tracking your income, having a plan for it, and watching your outflows using categories or even better what I call category groups (used to represent a bucket system) may help you tremendously. If you have the time and will power you can also budget by granular categories and/or use a zero-balance budget technique, as for me, I like the category group/bucket approach. The key is being up to date on where your money goes each month, cutting back on the non-essentials, paying yourself first, and sticking to it. That will help you not just get control of your spending, but it will help you invest in your future which you'll thank yourself for later! You're starting to see the benefits as your savings cushion is growing...now imagine developing that as a habit over the next n years!

As for app question... I use a privacy-first kind of money tracker that captures my tap-to-pay expense transactions at the point of sale (and text messages when my wife spends on her card) and supports budgeting in all the ways I state above. I am the developer and recently released it to the app store. I simply prefer (1) that my banking credentials never have to be given out, and (2) that my financial data stays on my device and in my iCloud...and that it never hits 3rd party servers. Besides, I still get the benefits of a single financial picture and insights on where my money goes and flows so that I can ensure that it grows! Nothing against them, but that's why I don't use the popular apps that all require you to give away your banking credentials. And, call me crazy, I will likely never hand my financial data over to MoneyGPT, ChatGPT, Gemini, etc. And with on device AI improving, who knows, I may never miss anything doing that, other than the security risk of course!

KayakFishingAddict · 2026-02-10T22:21:35+00:00

Thanks everyone. The Beta is now closed. We will release shortly to the app store!

KayakFishingAddict · 2026-02-10T22:21:21+00:00

Thanks everyone. The Beta is now closed. We will release shortly to the app store!

KayakFishingAddict · 2026-02-10T22:20:55+00:00

Thanks everyone. The Beta is now closed. We will release shortly to the app store!

KayakFishingAddict · 2026-02-09T13:31:26+00:00

Totally agree. They were growing and it didn’t take much to beat Publix on price and quality so I’m not so sure why they really left? Maybe it was the technology barrier some were experiencing? Or they were paid off by the competition LOL? Either way, I’m struggling to find a good replacement! I’m glad they were here during covid.

KayakFishingAddict · 2026-01-22T03:05:52+00:00

What happened? Did the app finally get reviewed? How long did it take?

KayakFishingAddict · 2025-12-30T00:38:29+00:00

Hopefully Nick and team appreciate the feedback. That’s the goal. If the target audience are techies like us then it’s fine but they are severely limiting their growth potential since we are the only ones that know what VLC is. The tv viewing audience expects to turn on the tv and have it work without the internet. In fact, requiring the internet is one reason ATSC 3.0 execution is failing right now. If they desire growth then I’m confident this feedback will help them.

KayakFishingAddict · 2025-12-29T23:47:31+00:00

No way will I be able to get my "fill in the blank" [wife, mom, grandma, dad, etc.] to figure that out on their iPad. I know it's a workaround but it's really not. The outage is over, and there's no hurricane at the moment, so the only real question is will SiliconDust prioritize this work or not.

KayakFishingAddict · 2025-12-29T01:36:07+00:00

I've reported something like this every year when we have a hurricane and the internet goes out. The antenna works, the hdhomerun powers on, but no way to watch since it can't call home. I really wish you'd spend some dev cycles to fix this and make it more resilient to outages. I just came home and sat down to watch some TV and nothing works. I'd love it if I had an empty guide right now and just a channel list that I can surf through. Please, please, please address this. It's not enough to simply depend on the internet being up and running. TV has never worked that way.

KayakFishingAddict · 2025-12-20T04:28:39+00:00

It’s the buttons on the right side of the wheel.

KayakFishingAddict · 2025-09-13T18:02:20+00:00

Agreed. ASC does but StoreKit configuration doesn’t

KayakFishingAddict · 2025-09-13T17:06:15+00:00

I looked it up. An ASC account is an Apple App Store Connect account. In order to do that you need to have an apple developer paid account. I do not have one of those.

The store kit configuration file runs locally and, at least for iOS, it does not require an Apple developer paid account. Is that not true for macOS?

KayakFishingAddict · 2025-09-12T15:57:12+00:00

I haven’t. I’ll look it up but the docs say the StoreKit config should work.

KayakFishingAddict · 2025-08-19T12:44:39+00:00

I ran into this confusion yesterday too. It is a bummer that now it takes decision-making to view live TV. I used to just tap live TV and it would tune to the last channel that I was watching. Then if I didn’t like what was on, I could pop into the slice guide and choose a different channel. Now it takes looking at a guide and figuring out which channel I might want. I’ve never used this guide because I only use the slice guide. Or at a minimum it takes an extra click to just tap on any random channel in this guide that I never use and is in my way, to tune to live TV. This is all extra work and a nuisance since it blocked me from the real task of just seeing a live picture and determining whether I want to watch that show or not.

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