bobblywobbles

If I'm paid for open source, I'm going to lose any motivation to work on it more. The reason why I contribute to open source projects is BECAUSE I want to contribute for free.

Put money in the deal and I'm no longer doing this work selflessly, but for self-interest instead.

Also a great idea, thank you!

Thank you very much for these suggestions, many thanks!

This "small town" is between Chicago and Milwaukee, and because of this new factory, the highway is getting expanded from 3 lanes to 4. Yes, I drive past this every day.

Not only has this created a headache, but yes, it just looks like a ploy by Foxconn to "show the execs" they are pushing for growth. iPhone sales have been slowing, we all know that, building a giant factory is nothing more than a bonus to a few top-level executives in return for demolishing a quaint Wisconsin town.

Yes, I did that too. Thank you.

It's not about staying disciplined, so more as picking appropriately-sized projects.

I tend to be over-ambitious, and never fully finish large projects. The only ones I'm able to finish are ones that last between 3 weeks - 1.5 months. Any longer and I usually fizzle out with no energy or motivation left.

I found it too complicated to use for budgeting, but yes it is a very good piece of software and very mature.

Thank you!

This is great, thanks for sharing. I'd like to avoid scraping if I can, but I didn't know this existed. I'll investigate.

Linking -> https://github.com/reZach/my-budget

Sharing below:

https://github.com/reZach/my-budget

Readme has a screenshot now.

Got it - thanks!

The CI is setup now, so it's easier for everyone:

https://github.com/reZach/my-budget/releases/tag/v1.0.4-beta

The Linux version is now up on the repo:

https://github.com/reZach/my-budget/releases/tag/v1.0.4-beta

The trade off to make applications cross-platform is worth it in my opinion.

Personally, still slower than I want, but it is a good compromise.

How kind of you! Thank you very much!

Not sure about that first link. Electron is now on version 5.0.0....

There is a trade-off when it comes to using languages I know better (web languages) to make apps. They are larger memory footprint than native apps.

That was intentional, but not good enough. I didn't want to lose the category input form, I'm thinking of a good way to solve this.

I hoped you were someone that commented in the slack channel, I mentioned to go there if you wanted the gift card. Alas, my budget is already maxed out and aren't giving any additional cards beyond the people I've already talked to.

Stay active in the slack and maybe I'll do it again later ;)

Noted - it's on the list of to-do's. Thanks!

Maybe this solution will be what you stick with?

Thanks much! That was another program I thought I'd try but it was too complicated for me to really have the time to learn.

Thanks for your interest in the application, leave some comments in the slack section on what you think.

Thanks for our thoughts, my responses: 1. Trying to, haven't figured it out but that's what I want to do.

2. Thanks! My thoughts exactly.

3. It's mostly Electron, I will look into ways to cut down on the size.

4. It's something the electron-builder package is doing. I haven't yet fiddled with it yet so there's likely an option that just isn't there.

5. The first time you use the app, you can either opt to not use a passphrase (just click 'go') or enter a passphrase. All subsequent loads of the app need the same (or no) password you initially chose. I'll add a tutorial as this isn't clear to anyone but me.

6. I didn't want to lose sight of creating categories, but there is more room to use.

7. I will. I like your expander idea!

8. To your local user directory, ie. users/local/electron/... I'm also looking at making a button to do just that.

9. I'm leaning right now on the side of no, but maybe that changes in the future. Thanks for the suggestion though.

10. Yep, on my to-do list.

11. Thank you very much!

Update 6:01AM CST (april 11, 2019) - I am out of money to give away, you have blown me out of proportion with the number of responses I've received. Thank you all, I'll continue to update this app for you all with your suggestions and my own. Head on over to the slack if you are interested in keeping up-to-date with this project.

You can offer your feedback at your time-line. Sooner the better, but I'm building this software in my free time for my own personal use. If there are features you'd like to see, please hit up the slack (found in the github repo in the post)!

Thanks for your interest!

Thanks much for your interest, it helps!

I'm working on getting a Linux version up soon. Thanks!

Great idea, I'll see if I can port the source on Github Pages and have users go there if they want a demo? Superb idea, really! In the meantime I can put screenshots / .gifs on the repo itself to share what it looks like.

You have me there!

It's hard to get volunteers, so I hope $15 incentivizes them. Thank you for your support!!