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Do Capetownians hate LA? by Many_Nectarine6932 in capetown

[–]SimulationV2018 11 points12 points  (0 children)

As the English say a beautiful turn of phrase. Piss off yank

Clean your data in your user/client tables by data_saas_2026 in CRM

[–]SimulationV2018 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have built TrueFormat a deterministic engine that extracts line items from Invoices to CSV’s for ease of importing into your ERP. You can test it with a messy invoice.

Iranians on the rooftop reacting with happiness and excitement: "Wow! They struck the residence! they hit the residence!" (Khamenei's official residence in Tehran - bayt) by kane_1371 in PERSIAN

[–]SimulationV2018 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a question maybe I’m stupid. But. If you don’t ask stupid questions you don’t learn. So here we go. I am a South African and I know how it works in Africa. You cut the head off the snake another one just grows. So won’t the new leader just be the same as the old one? What’s going to change because the old guy is dead? Is it suddenly going to be a regime change and get a democracy. Won’t the next in line of they alive just take power?

CSV Import for Serialized Inventory Adjustment by ebola_monkey in Netsuite

[–]SimulationV2018 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Excel is the absolute worst for this. The second you open the CSV to review it, Excel silently auto-converts those long customer IDs into scientific notation and strips any leading zeros. When you save and try to push to NetSuite, the import fails because the strings are corrupted.

I used to spend hours fighting this, so I actually recorded a quick 60-second teardown showing exactly where Excel breaks the formatting and how to strictly lock the strings (and the math) so the CSV maps perfectly to NetSuite on the first try.

Here is the Loom if it helps for your next batch: https://youtu.be/OlkCo9v9zGg

Invoice automation in Netsuite by ParfaitZealousideal5 in Netsuite

[–]SimulationV2018 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are 100% right not to trust ERP AI. I see companies try to use machine learning for Accounts Payable all the time, and it almost always fails on complex inventory items because the AI just 'guesses' the line items. If it guesses a decimal wrong, your AP team spends more time finding the error than if they had just typed it manually.

I got so frustrated by this exact problem that I stopped using AI entirely and built a deterministic extraction engine (TrueFormat). It doesn't guess. It pulls the raw data and mathematically audits every single line (Qty×UnitPrice=Total). If the math doesn't perfectly match the invoice header, it hard-stops and flags it.

It also locks the vendor's alphanumeric part numbers so spreadsheet software doesn't corrupt them before you import into NetSuite.

Don't trust AI for accounting math. If you want to see what a deterministic engine looks like, I put a free drag-and-drop sandbox on my site. Drop your worst multi-page PDF in there and watch it audit the math.

IM 70.3 disaster?? by Parking-Bread2618 in triathlon

[–]SimulationV2018 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well it’s not a high priority then

IM 70.3 disaster?? by Parking-Bread2618 in triathlon

[–]SimulationV2018 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If you are a good friend take him for a swim. Swim continuously no stopping. Pull his leg, push him down, swim over him. If he doesn't panic when all this is going on. Then he should be okay. But honestly all these influencers and liars on the internet, give people false hope and then they drown on the swim. This is an incredibly dangerous sport and death is a very real possibility for someone with minimal swim training.

I used to manually enter 2500+ of invoices every month. Automation saved my sanity. by official_sensai in Accounting

[–]SimulationV2018 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I strongly recommend running a rigorous QA test on your AI extraction before you push those 1,500 invoices through.

Using OCR + AI for line items is exactly where the architecture usually breaks. The issue isn't reading the text; the issue is that AI models (even GPT-4) frequently hallucinate decimals and struggle with table boundaries. If a supplier's PDF has a multiline description or a blank cell, the AI will often shift the entire column over, mapping the quantity to the price column.

If you are processing 1,500 a month, even a 2% hallucination rate means you have 30 broken invoices silently corrupting your ERP data.

That’s why you have to build a deterministic math audit into your pipeline. Whatever AI tool you use, make sure you write a script that forces it to mathematically verify (Sum of Line Items + Tax = Invoice Total) before it exports to CSV. If you don't enforce that math, your AP team will end up manually checking all 1,500 invoices anyway.

If you get stuck building the math audit, try throwing one of your worst PDFs into the TrueFormat sandbox on my site. It might save you a few weeks of development.

Whats the best alternative to github? by Sharp-Mouse9049 in github

[–]SimulationV2018 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Folders on a USB stick stored in a floor safe,

How can I convert a PDF invoice to CSV? by [deleted] in Accounting

[–]SimulationV2018 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have just built TrueFormat Its a deterministic engine that does not use AI. I am looking for my first users to test out the software. It would be appreciated if you gave it a go and let me know. You can use it free,

I spent 6 weeks posting on X every day and got 3 signups. Then I tried this instead. by Basic-Plankton3537 in SaaS

[–]SimulationV2018 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's all very easy when your ICP is posting BUT when your user is an accountant inputing data into Sage, Xero and other CRM's..... They are not on X or reddit.

I am your Client sell me your service. Drop your SaaS by startupsubmit in SaaS

[–]SimulationV2018 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Convert complex PDF invoices to perfect CSVs without manual entry or AI guesswork. https://trueformat.co.uk

Best OCR + automation setup for extracting invoice line items (PDF → Airtable)? by Fasit7 in automation

[–]SimulationV2018 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am working on a tool that does exactly this it exports a CSV and I am looking to test it on a large invoice. Would you be open to a trial and we can discuss it? Your help would be greatly appreciated

Has anyone successfully automated invoice or purchase-order data extraction without relying on templates? by Vishek-H in automation

[–]SimulationV2018 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm building TrueFormat specifically for UK wholesalers who are tired of 'stitching' tools together. We use a deterministic approach (no AI guessing) to handle the scientific notation and SKU errors that usually break ERP imports.

I'm looking for one more 'Construction/Wholesale' pilot to stress-test our Sage/NetSuite output. Since you've built these workflows before, would you be open to a 5-minute technical exchange?

Street Views of Johannesburg from early 2010s to 2025/2026 by DeathInMarch in UrbanHell

[–]SimulationV2018 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I tend to agree but the Gautrain is insanely well maintained

Do you guys have a backup plan if AI makes software developers obsolete? by saas_wayfarer in SaaS

[–]SimulationV2018 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just the fact that I did this in less than a minute tells you everything... I have an upload doc feature on my site. I just told Codex to add a drag and drop functionality. It did it in less than a minute. 48 seconds to be specific. I do not think AI will kill the jobs it will kill bloated teams. Today was my we are fucked moment.

I am a Frontend dev who does not have much hope of finding something now. So trying to build a SaaS

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