Invoice Boilerplate
Web and SaaS
invoicing
SHOW HN2015
How HN took it
1 positive, 0 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 7 critical, out of 8 comments about the project. Thread score -0.44.
Design: 1 for, 4 againstIdea: 0 for, 1 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Separation of layout from content and YAML editing
From 1 comment
YAML is way easier to edit and maintain than LaTeX source. Also, separation of layout from content makes life easier. And also, this one has built-in spreadsheet-like capabilities.
mrzool on HN
Wished it existed when invoicing in LaTeX in the 1990s
From 1 comment
When I started one of the first ISP's in Europe in '93, I generated invoices in LaTeX too. Only wish this was available then, these look so much nicer.
raarts on HN
Objections
Extra indirection compared to editing a LaTeX template directly
From 2 comments
Seems like a great deal of work and indirection compared to simply editing a LaTeX template like: http://www.latextemplates.com/template/invoice I'm not convinced that YAML is…
RodgerTheGreat on HNThe template I linked automatically calculates hourly totals, prices given a rate and time and subtotals. I think that covers the "spreadsheet-like" capabilities you mention. The…
RodgerTheGreat on HN
Large margins look empty
From 1 comment
For me the large margins look weird. I understand that margins are usually larger in latex output than for example word document, because they try to keep a reasonable number of…
viraptor on HN
Too many fonts used in the design
From 1 comment
in a vacuum, obviously fine, but from a design perspective - too many different fonts being used
huac on HN
Font's 1 looks like a Roman numeral II in the date
Requests
Page number and total pages, and handling of page overflow
From 1 comment
its missing a page number / total page and especially what happens on page overflow?
merb on HN
Include German tax information required on invoices
From 1 comment
also it looks like a german invoice so you are missing some informations (§ 14a UStG) especially some additional information (especially the USt.-Id Nr. on some cases, etc).
merb on HN
Questions
Is YAML really easier than editing a LaTeX template?
From 1 comment
Seems like a great deal of work and indirection compared to simply editing a LaTeX template like: http://www.latextemplates.com/template/invoice I'm not convinced that YAML is…
RodgerTheGreat on HN
Alternatives named
Existing LaTeX invoice template at latextemplates.com
From 2 comments
Seems like a great deal of work and indirection compared to simply editing a LaTeX template like: http://www.latextemplates.com/template/invoice I'm not convinced that YAML is…
RodgerTheGreat on HNThe template I linked automatically calculates hourly totals, prices given a rate and time and subtotals. I think that covers the "spreadsheet-like" capabilities you mention. The…
RodgerTheGreat on HN
scalableminds invoice-compiler
From 1 comment
It seems similar to https://github.com/scalableminds/invoice-compiler ( which i forked for a ERP app to https://github.com/nicojuicy/report-compiler ) but the documentation isn't…
NicoJuicy on HN
Jekyll invoice plugin
From 1 comment
In a similar vein, I generate my invoices using this Jekyll plugin that I wrote: https://gitHub.com/mhw/jekyll-invoice
mhw on HN