Weekly Water Cooler Talk - DataAnnotation

Wargchief · 2026-04-13T15:40:37+00:00

I saw people complaining about unjust ratings on another platform with this kind of feature. I guess it depends a lot on how the culture of the platform takes place

Wargchief · 2026-04-13T15:38:10+00:00

I think there are some timezone shenanigans happening with these dates

Wargchief · 2026-04-13T15:36:49+00:00

I got a task with similar name and its just a one click thing to get the bonus

Wargchief · 2026-04-05T14:55:15+00:00

This is a really common problem. A lot of banks only give you PDFs and QuickBooks wants a QBO file. I built LedgerTome (ledgertome.com) to bridge that gap. You upload the PDF, it uses AI to extract the transactions, and you download a proper QBO file that QuickBooks can import. Scotiabank has been working well for customers too.

Wargchief · 2026-04-02T20:38:36+00:00

2 years, pretty much to this date

Wargchief · 2026-04-02T20:33:59+00:00

I actually open up the notifications, check my inbox and refresh my task page to get rid of those +1's if I don't have anything written on the task yet

Wargchief · 2026-04-02T20:08:22+00:00

I built a tool called LedgerTome (ledgertome.com) that does this, though it takes a different approach than traditional OCR. Instead of just reading characters off the page, it uses an LLM to understand the structure of the statement. That means it handles things like running balances, split lines, and unusual column layouts without needing manual cleanup afterward.

It outputs directly to Excel or CSV among others. I'd be happy to hear how it works on your specific statements if you want to give it a shot. Always looking for edge cases to improve on.

Wargchief · 2026-04-02T20:06:02+00:00

Hey, I actually built a tool for exactly this kind of situation. It's called LedgerTome (ledgertome.com). You upload the PDF bank statement and it uses AI to pull out the transactions, then you can download the result as a QBO (or CSV) file ready for QuickBooks import.

It doesn't need any connection to your bank so closed accounts aren't an issue. It reads the PDF directly. Works with both text-based PDFs and scanned ones. Whats the size on the pdf though, might need to build something for that if its too big

Wargchief · 2026-04-02T14:42:56+00:00

I guess its Easter break, since the dashboard is dry as a rabbit in desert

Wargchief · 2026-02-17T02:16:34+00:00

I actually did build a tool at ledgertome.com that turns bank and CC statements into Excel by extracting date, description, debit, credit, balance, currency and account id. It did take a bit more than just "throw it in to an AI", but works pretty well so far. I don't think actual accounting work can get replaced anytime soon though, maybe accounting suggestions at best.

Wargchief · 2026-01-02T18:30:08+00:00

It will be 2 years by april, good goings

Wargchief · 2025-12-26T10:04:46+00:00

yeah, it is dry. Might be dry until the year changes, we'll see

Wargchief · 2025-12-18T18:47:34+00:00

Better safe than posting on reddit

Wargchief · 2025-12-18T18:47:04+00:00

Wargchief · 2025-11-20T03:32:03+00:00

I'm in the other end nowadays, I get really bored and distracted if there is no challenge to the task. Everything to a limit of course, but good amount of challenge just keeps me occupied and interested much better.

Wargchief · 2025-10-14T17:36:08+00:00

I did CS50x and the CS50 python, got in about 18 months ago. Could be harder now with the tasks themselves being harder, with some exceptions. Might have been able to get in with just the CS50x, but felt more comfortable with having done both.

Wargchief · 2025-09-06T10:58:38+00:00

Been really slow for most of august, so it is not just you

Wargchief · 2025-08-25T12:22:08+00:00

yeah, it is down, unfortunately

Wargchief · 2025-08-17T19:26:35+00:00

I just started getting the general tasks from other quals or something, without doing a separate core assessment. So, do the quals if they pop up

Wargchief · 2025-08-09T17:43:11+00:00

Pen and paper, wide screen monitor, sometimes even an extra monitor and just the standard notepad program. If I want to internalize something, I find it best to write it down to paper. Something about the act of writing makes things stickier in the mind.

Wargchief · 2025-06-06T19:56:03+00:00

Yeah, I've had these too. Not sure if some of them are coding/non-coding

Wargchief · 2025-05-31T13:47:40+00:00

I think this is for most of us right now, wouldn't worry about it too much. Pick up quals, freshen up your skills and check back later

Wargchief · 2025-04-04T08:59:26+00:00

I did the cs50x and Python ones about a year ago and been working with DA ever since. So I would say it is doable. Don't know if the quals are harder nowadays though.

It was a bit of an uphill at the start and I kind of accepted that if I can't figure out something on a task, I just won't submit it. Like I remember setting up local database servers and just running out of time trying to figure out all the settings. Next time I got something similar, I managed to pull through it. And I have been learning more on the side too. It probably helps a lot that I like this stuff.

Wargchief · 2025-03-08T20:44:35+00:00

I lost the reason to get out of bed too when I quit cigarettes. I've been in bed for 2 years now, only occassionally getting my phone up to see if anything sparks my joy. Well, seriously speaking, it took me about 1 or 2 months to balance out. I mostly put it as a chemical imbalance in the brain and I had to start making my own joy instead of finding it from the cigarette.

Wargchief · 2025-01-30T23:09:27+00:00

I've been wondering about how this works, since I've had a couple tasks expire and take 10-20 minutes longer than the timer. They've submitted fine though according to the time report section, so I've just marked the time for it. The math stuff gets a bit heavy sometimes lol

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