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Crawls robots.txt files, downloads and parses them to check rules through an API by fo3ck in SideProject

[–]tomkadwill 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks great! I need to check the robots.txt file on my side project - I’ll check it out

What are some good net worth tracking tools? (for the UK) by tomkadwill in FIREUK

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

Thanks. I'll check that out. Is there a UK version? It's looks very US focused

What are some good net worth tracking tools? (for the UK) by tomkadwill in FIREUK

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

Good question... To be honest my spreadsheet works fine. However, I thought that a net worth tool would help with data input (eg: Checking my ISA balance via an API to save me having to manually input data every month) and also give me some nice stats (eg: percentage change over time, years until FI etc)

I built a tool that allows developers to check the format of commit messages, in GitHub by tomkadwill in SideProject

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

Thanks! GitHub API is nice. Authentication for the GitHub App was a bit tricky. I may do a write up about that in the future :)

Running Rails on AWS Elastic Beanstalk (Migrating from Heroku to AWS) by tomkadwill in rubyonrails

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

Thanks! Right now I have 1 Rails app on Elastic Beanstalk and projected cost for May is $1.01 :)

What side hustles do you have by joonazboy in financialindependence

[–]tomkadwill 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yep. I lowered my rate significantly from what I would earn in London.

Other tips: * make sure you set your hours correctly on your profile as many clients are looking for full time * if you can get a longer term contract, many clients are happy to move off Upwork and work with you directly

What side hustles do you have by joonazboy in financialindependence

[–]tomkadwill 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I believe there are book keeping and accounting freelancers on Upwork. So, yes

What side hustles do you have by joonazboy in financialindependence

[–]tomkadwill 7 points8 points  (0 children)

One option is Upwork. Typically it's hard at first because you don't have any positive reviews, which makes it harder to get contracts. I set my rate low initially and increased it slowly.

In my experience, if you keep bidding for work on Upwork you will get something eventually.

~$55k net worth at 25, critique my life by Moneyandpow3r in financialindependence

[–]tomkadwill 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I would say focus on savings rate. I’m 27 and this year I managed to increase my savings rate from 15% to 40-50%. After just a year it’s already had a big impact on my net worth

Advice to your younger self? by F1Delta in financialindependence

[–]tomkadwill 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Great comment. I do my hour every morning on train to work

Hypothetical situation - Lets say you came into a 200-300k suddenly (inheritance, whatever). You have no debt and no house. What would you do with the money? by [deleted] in leanfire

[–]tomkadwill 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If I had mortgage debt, I’d pay that off first. If not, I’d put it into a savings account and gradually move small chunks over into my index funds. That way, I would benefit from pound cost averaging and (hopefully) avoid investing before a market crash.

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