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New comment by siddhant in "Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (July 2026)"

siddhant — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 08:17:29 +0000

I'm continuing to work on Personal Finances Python [1], a book that teaches software developers how to track their finances using the Python ecosystem, Double Entry Bookkeeping, and a bunch of plain-text files.

Apart from that, I recently started getting interested in the AT protocol ecosystem, so I built a directory [2] for discovering ATProto alternatives to mainstream/centralized products.

[1]: https://personalfinancespython.com

[2]: https://atprotoalternatives.com

New comment by siddhant in "Ask HN: What are you building that's not AI related?"

siddhant — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 06:51:23 +0000

This should be fixed now!

New comment by siddhant in "Ask HN: What are you building that's not AI related?"

siddhant — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 09:23:49 +0000

Definitely something on my end. Thanks for the heads up! I’ll try to fix it tonight.

New comment by siddhant in "Ask HN: What are you building that's not AI related?"

siddhant — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 09:06:44 +0000

I’m building ATProto Alternatives (https://atprotoalternatives.com).

I started looking into AT Protocol recently and find it very interesting, so I started collecting a list of decentralized products built on top of AT that are alternatives to mainstream (popular) products.

Wait It Out

siddhant — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 15:31:57 +0000

Article URL: https://bell.bz/wait-it-out/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47490899

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by siddhant in "10 years of personal finances in plain text files"

siddhant — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 18:24:11 +0000

Thanks a lot for the shout out, Michael!

10 years of personal finances in plain text files

siddhant — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 15:03:50 +0000

Article URL: https://sgoel.dev/posts/10-years-of-personal-finances-in-plain-text-files/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46354651

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Htmx and Django make status polling trivial

siddhant — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 18:43:37 +0000

Article URL: https://sgoel.dev/posts/htmx-and-django-make-status-polling-trivial/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46151225

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by siddhant in "Trying out Zed after more than a decade of Vim/Neovim"

siddhant — Sat, 25 Jan 2025 12:47:36 +0000

I think I'm actively trying to not do anything dynamic/complicated. :)

If Zed breaks things too much in the future (to the point that its JSON config doesn't let me do something I need to get my work done) I'll probably go back to using Neovim. We'll see how it plays out over time. For now I'm enjoying having less configuration knobs.

Trying out Zed after more than a decade of Vim/Neovim

siddhant — Fri, 24 Jan 2025 21:53:00 +0000

Article URL: https://sgoel.dev/posts/trying-out-zed-after-more-than-a-decade-of-vim-neovim/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42817277

Points: 188

# Comments: 149

Beancount Announcement: v3 and Git branches

siddhant — Sun, 23 Jun 2024 15:16:56 +0000

Article URL: https://groups.google.com/g/beancount/c/iTdRuvZnE4E

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40768071

Points: 4

# Comments: 1

How you can track your personal finances using Python

siddhant — Mon, 17 Apr 2023 18:30:25 +0000

Article URL: https://sgoel.dev/posts/how-you-can-track-your-personal-finances-using-python/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35604599

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by siddhant in "Show HN: I wrote an eBook on tracking personal finances using Python"

siddhant — Tue, 14 Dec 2021 10:03:05 +0000

Thanks for the feedback!

You can find the TOC here: https://personalfinancespython.com/files/toc.pdf (will try to link to it from the website later during the day).

New comment by siddhant in "Show HN: I wrote an eBook on tracking personal finances using Python"

siddhant — Tue, 14 Dec 2021 09:23:01 +0000

This book mainly focuses on extracting data from CSV files. Generally speaking though, if the PDF statements your bank sends have a deterministic format, extracting data should be possible using some PDF parsing library.

Thanks for the feedback about the website! I've changed the button text so the price is displayed inline.

New comment by siddhant in "Show HN: I wrote an eBook on tracking personal finances using Python"

siddhant — Tue, 14 Dec 2021 06:57:18 +0000

Just added another comment with a link to a sample chapter. Thanks!

New comment by siddhant in "Show HN: I wrote an eBook on tracking personal finances using Python"

siddhant — Tue, 14 Dec 2021 06:56:49 +0000

And here’s a sample chapter: https://personalfinancespython.com/files/sample.pdf

(I couldn’t modify the original comment or add replies to it anymore, hence posting a new one.)

New comment by siddhant in "Show HN: I wrote an eBook on tracking personal finances using Python"

siddhant — Mon, 13 Dec 2021 21:13:52 +0000

Thanks for the heads up!

I’m trying to change it but apparently it’s not possible to adjust URLs after submission?

Hoping one of the mods could help with this!

New comment by siddhant in "Show HN: I wrote an eBook on tracking personal finances using Python"

siddhant — Mon, 13 Dec 2021 20:48:19 +0000

About 4 years ago I started looking for a privacy-friendly way to keep track of my money across different accounts.

While searching, I found Plain Text Accounting [1], which means keeping financial records inside plain-text files. This method really appealed to the developer in me and I started digging deeper.

4 years later, I now have a stable workflow using Beancount [2] that lets me import all my financial activity into a plain-text file that lives inside a git repository on my disk. Needless to say, I'm super happy with this workflow!

So this ebook is my attempt at helping more folks get into the world of PTA and Beancount! In my experience, the documentation can be a bit tricky to get into, so I hope this ebook lowers the barrier to entry!

Open to answering questions!

[1]: https://plaintextaccounting.org/

[2]: https://beancount.github.io/

Show HN: I wrote an eBook on tracking personal finances using Python

siddhant — Mon, 13 Dec 2021 20:48:04 +0000

Article URL: https://personalfinancespython.com

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29544438

Points: 30

# Comments: 12

New comment by siddhant in "How you can track your personal finances using Python"

siddhant — Sun, 05 Sep 2021 07:45:41 +0000

Looks cool! This will definitely be of interest to folks using Beancount.

I just added a link to it on https://awesome-beancount.com/#tools.