FinFam

Web and SaaS

financial planning platform

SHOW HN2025

52points
14comments
#1,225of 3,837 in 2025
Top 32%of 2025 by points

How HN took it

LovedMost comments that take a side are positive

4 positive, 3 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 0 critical, out of 7 comments about the project. Thread score +0.41.

Idea: 2 for, 0 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 againstPricing: 1 for, 0 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Well designed and community curations are useful

    From 2 comments
    • Wow this looks really well done, congratulations! One question: I was exploring the public spaces and I'm wondering are these your real finances, or is this just a mocked-up…
      x1798DE on HN
    • I really like it; the community curations are neat. So many ideas to explore and I wonder if it can model pre-existing events like if I wanted to explore: Should I DCA ? (I can…
      setheron on HN
  • Fills a gap beyond standard boglehead advice

    From 1 comment
    • Oddly my first impression was “wow this is sort of niche”, but then immediately realized how odd that sentiment is. There are so many poor quality self help books out there on…
      ngtvspc on HN

Objections

  • Unclear whether dashboards and balances are real or mocked up

    From 1 comment
    • Wow this looks really well done, congratulations! One question: I was exploring the public spaces and I'm wondering are these your real finances, or is this just a mocked-up…
      x1798DE on HN

Requests

  • Plaid or bank account integrations

    From 2 comments
    • Looks really cool. I’m going to try this. Are there plans for plaid integrations? Might want to partner up on something.
      arshanahmad on HN
    • Wow this looks really well done, congratulations! One question: I was exploring the public spaces and I'm wondering are these your real finances, or is this just a mocked-up…
      x1798DE on HN
  • Ability to model historical events like dollar cost averaging

    From 1 comment
    • I really like it; the community curations are neat. So many ideas to explore and I wonder if it can model pre-existing events like if I wanted to explore: Should I DCA ? (I can…
      setheron on HN

Questions

  • How the chatbot is primed with context

    From 1 comment
    • I'm an AI skeptic but the chatbot sounds interesting. What kind of context do you provide it?
      markrwilliams on HN
  • How monetization will work

    From 1 comment
    • I've been waiting years for someone to make this. What are your plans to monetize?
      ltbarcly3 on HN

Alternatives named

  • Monarch Money

    From 2 comments
    • Haha, re: finances, everyone wants to know this! Give or take, yeah! I just felt obligated to go all in with the dogfooding. It's probably TMI for most folks, but other users…
      mhashemi on HN
    • Thanks! Yeah, far-flung plans for integrations. Currently I'm getting way more mileage out of letting other products do the integrations for me. I.e., I use Monarch Money and…
      mhashemi on HN
  • Bogleheads wiki

    From 1 comment
    • Oddly my first impression was “wow this is sort of niche”, but then immediately realized how odd that sentiment is. There are so many poor quality self help books out there on…
      ngtvspc on HN

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