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Writing
Notes on building calm software, indie iOS development, and the occasional strong opinion about respecting people’s attention.
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The case for a manual, offline expense tracker
Bank sync, budgets, and AI categorization all promise less effort. Here's the argument for the opposite: typing it in yourself, offline, with no account and no budget.
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Kakeibo on your phone: the Japanese method, minus the ceremony
Kakeibo is a 120-year-old household ledger method that works because you write spending down by hand. Here's the idea, and how to keep it without the notebook.
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How Boring Expenses stores money (and why it's an integer)
Floating-point math and money don't mix. Here's how Boring Expenses keeps every amount exact by storing it as a whole number of tiny units under the hood.
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Why we make boring software
Most apps are designed to keep you engaged. We build the opposite kind — tools that do their job and get out of your way. Here's what "boring" means to us.