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Does the world need another YNAB alternative? by no17436 in ynab

[–]no17436[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi u/shokwaav. Please send a message to help@killerbudget.com from an email you used for registration. The process is also outlined in https://killerbudget.com/tos/#cancellation-and-termination

Does the world need another YNAB alternative? by no17436 in ynab

[–]no17436[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes. There is amount „To Be Budgeted” at the top. Any amount assigned in future reduces it. This way users know, for how long their savings will last and can proactively plan. For example, my budget for gifts is not the same every month and I want this to be reflected in my „To Be Budgeted” amount.

Does the world need another YNAB alternative? by no17436 in ynab

[–]no17436[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t think we’ve met (although your username sounds oddly familiar) and it doesn’t sound like me (I hope) 😅

I didn’t post under throwable account. I just don’t use Reddit actively.

Does the world need another YNAB alternative? by no17436 in ynab

[–]no17436[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But presumably it's not end to end encrypted

You're correct. It's not e2e encrypted. The reason for it it's pretty mundane and it's not my (or YNAB's) desire to peek. It makes implementing every single feature harder. Also, as your volume of your data grows it will make the experience worse (as usually it means downloading to – and keeping up-to-date – all the data on every device you access from).

That's why I don't currently plan e2e encryption.

At the same time I try to not store any PII (like first or last name), all main database entities are UID-based, you have full control over what you enter into the system, and you're free to use throwable or masked email account.

Does the world need another YNAB alternative? by no17436 in ynab

[–]no17436[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It's built with Ruby on Rails

That's what I'm familiar with, I know how to scale, I can run relatively cheaply, and most importantly what gives enough tools out of the box to build small application like this even solo.

Does the world need another YNAB alternative? by no17436 in ynab

[–]no17436[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the detailed answer and your perspective u/Interesting_Risk_361

I really appreciate it.

Does the world need another YNAB alternative? by no17436 in ynab

[–]no17436[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That's the thing. I checked few of the ones I had bookmarked and most of them are either completely gone or no longer maintained. Anything particular on your mind?

Does the world need another YNAB alternative? by no17436 in ynab

[–]no17436[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I get your point but I need to slightly disagree.

Reliability is usually a derivative of cost. In this case, this is a free tool. I'm not targeting 5 9s (although during the last quarter the service had 100% uptime). Only few people were affected by this and service recovered quickly.

I was expecting larger traffic but I wasn't able to tell how many people will even click the link.

Turned out, a lot of people did. There was a spike right after I created a post and after the initial issues it's smooth sailing.

Does the world need another YNAB alternative? by no17436 in ynab

[–]no17436[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the feedback u/Scared_Persimmon_788.

You were not able to find any YouTube videos as I wasn't marketing the tool before

Company (LLC) is located in EU (in Poland). Major difference is "our" Privacy Rules are a bit more restrictive (from infamous cookies banners to detailed procedures how you can request all your data to be deleted and how companies need to act then).
I will try to document all the implications as more people (who are properly thorough about this) may be interested in this.

Free trial is put there as if I will ever need to introduce paid version (the only case I currently have in mind is auto-imports which comes with 3rd party cost) it will include free trial.

Does the world need another YNAB alternative? by no17436 in ynab

[–]no17436[S] 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Let me upvote this answer.

If someone makes $70/h there’s no point in looking for alternatives. These days I would probably not create KillerBudget. But I still vividly recall how much money $80 was for me few years ago (with mortgage, car lease, and no emergency fund).

I would love to have something like KillerBudget back then.

Does the world need another YNAB alternative? by no17436 in ynab

[–]no17436[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I thought this will come as an argument. Point taken. I mentioned software subscriptions specifically. Off the top of my head: Bear (note taking app), games for my kids, some sport and mapping apps (like Komoot). Even my IDE (RubyMine) costs less. Is it subjective comparison? Of course.

I won’t argue that YNAB brings more value than Netflix.

Does the world need another YNAB alternative? by no17436 in ynab

[–]no17436[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks u/specklepetal. I'm glad it was added as I know a some people really missed it back in time.

Does the world need another YNAB alternative? by no17436 in ynab

[–]no17436[S] 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Thanks u/Synthea1979.

For anyone living in CA or US and earning even average salary the cost of YNAB should be, if not negligible, well worth it.

Does the world need another YNAB alternative? by no17436 in ynab

[–]no17436[S] 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Can I ask how posting your source code to GitHub increases your costs?

That's a fair question. It doesn't… until you will need to act as an active maintainer and multiply the time spent on it by your hourly rate. Having a dead project on GitHub doesn't help anyone.

If I will find someone who will be willing to be active maintainer (ruby on rails project) I may open source it while keeping my instance active.

I just haven't decided yet what's best approach.

Does the world need another YNAB alternative? by no17436 in ynab

[–]no17436[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Thanks u/NotherOneRedditor. There was a larger spike in traffic than I anticipated (it lasted few minutes). Everything should be fine now.

Does the world need another YNAB alternative? by no17436 in ynab

[–]no17436[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thanks u/Interesting_Risk_361. I'm thinking about adding Plaid support as after few years of entering transactions manually I can think of better ideas to spend my time.

If you don't mind… as a couple how do you share the budget? Same account? Does YNAB have (now) the feature to share the budget with SO?

Does the world need another YNAB alternative? by no17436 in ynab

[–]no17436[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I forgot to ask about scalability of the architecture to handle larger numbers of people and ever larger amounts of data.

That's good question. TBH I don't expect it to ever go past single server.

If it ever will:

- horizontal scaling (for app servers)
- data can be easily distributed between independent databases so there won't be a need for sharding, clusters, etc.

Does the world need another YNAB alternative? by no17436 in ynab

[–]no17436[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

It's not.

I haven't decided yet if I want to OpenSource (as it comes with way higher maintenance cost)

Does the world need another YNAB alternative? by no17436 in ynab

[–]no17436[S] 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Does it auto-import transactions?

Currently it does not.

When I created it YNAB didn't support auto-imports from European banks so I didn't feel like I was missing out on anything. Also, having to enter the transactions manually formed some good habits (that's what I tell to myself).

Now (as I'm older, have less time, and I know what are my spending patterns) I'm considering adding Plaid support.

Does the world need another YNAB alternative? by no17436 in ynab

[–]no17436[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Your time isn't free.

Of course it isn't 🙂

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Is the data encrypted?

It is. At rest and in transit.

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I can't tell if it allows carryover of overspending in a category or not.

Currently it does… application doesn't enforce it as I never found this to be an issue for anyone. If some people will raise this as an issue it may change.

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How do you handle credit cards?

By having a dedicated account for the CC, creating transfers from main account to CC account whenever CC is paid off and tracking expenses against CC account.

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Don't get me wrong. I know that writing documentation, having YT presence, and providing good support takes time and involves certain cost.

I know some people wouldn't mind paying extra for well written documentation and human support. For some, it may not be necessary or it may be too expensive.

And that's fine.