Write It Down
Productivity
personal finance spreadsheet
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How HN took it
17 positive, 14 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 19 critical, out of 50 comments about the project. Thread score +0.03.
Idea: 7 for, 3 againstDesign: 1 for, 5 againstPrivacy: 1 for, 4 againstPricing: 4 for, 1 againstDocs: 0 for, 2 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Simple, boring spreadsheet that works and is easy to stick with
From 4 comments
True hype created by AI is huge. Everywhere I look it's always just AI. Man we need more apps like this that just do one thing and that's it.
product-hunt on HN> Build something useful. Solve a real problem. Even if it’s just a simple spreadsheet. I think saying _just_ a simple spreadsheet makes it sound like a bad thing. Actually, the…
fhennig on HNNice. I've been looking for a decent budget spreadsheet for a while. Great price.
mfro on HNCongratulations on making the life of ~2k people a bit better.
fedeb95 on HN
Good price for a budget spreadsheet
From 1 comment
Nice. I've been looking for a decent budget spreadsheet for a while. Great price.
mfro on HN
Objections
Paid product is unclear value over a free spreadsheet
From 1 comment
I will never us it if I have to pay. Its not clear what this gets me over any other spreadsheet .
jaffa2 on HN
Privacy concern about storing finances in Google account
From 2 comments
In red on your site: > Other Finance Apps: > Risk of sharing personal data with third parties In green: > Write-It-Down.com > Built on Google Sheets I agree that putting your…
R_Spaghetti on HNI've been tracking my personal finances with a simple spreadsheet (ODS, with LibreOffice) for almost a decade at this point. It's backed weekly to couple locations (not in the…
drillsteps5 on HN
Landing page testimonials look AI-generated and possibly fake
From 3 comments
it's AI generated
didntknowyou on HNc'mon I'm all for the hustle but put a bit more effore to be creative. all your website reviews are AI generated 5 star slop
didntknowyou on HNHello, please be aware that your publication history is visible on hackernews: > Show HN: I built an AI that gives expert-backed blood test insights in seconds…
ch_fr on HN
Writing reads like AI prose
From 2 comments
Did you purposefully write every paragraph of your intro post as an AI writing trope?
gyomu on HNI suggest you get rid of the obvious AI illustrations. They’re stylistically incongruent with each other and the rest of the page, perfect examples of slop which make me think…
latexr on HN
Requests
Add automatic categorisation or GOOGLEFINANCE-style features
From 2 comments
This is awesome! I’m already integrated into TillerHQ. Apart from price, do you have any differentiators that make it take less time for auto categorizing? Tiller doesn’t have…
sneilan1 on HNIt's possible to do the same with google sheets using GOOGLEFINANCE function and I have been using it to track and manage finances since years.
lain98 on HN
Fix page scrolling to top when switching tabs
From 1 comment
Congrats! Why does the page always scroll to the top when focused/changing tabs back to it? :(
XCSme on HN
Questions
Where the landing page testimonials come from
From 1 comment
The testimonials on the landing page, where are they sourced from?
BostonFern on HN
Link to the original Reddit post with 130k views
From 1 comment
Could you please share the original post that you made that has 130k views? Obviously if a product/idea is good enough it can go 'viral' on its own with little prodding, but I'm…
brandall10 on HN
Alternatives named
Tiller
From 2 comments
Having bounced around several snoop-ware GUI-heavy vendor-lock-in personal finance products, I've this year been using and loving a similar product called Tiller, which…
doctorhandshake on HNThis is awesome! I’m already integrated into TillerHQ. Apart from price, do you have any differentiators that make it take less time for auto categorizing? Tiller doesn’t have…
sneilan1 on HN
YNAB
From 1 comment
This is exactly how YNAB started. https://www.ynab.com/about-us/timeline
oidar on HN
Actual Budget
From 1 comment
I switched to self-hosted "ActualBudget" after YNAB became subscription based. The interface/workflow is extremely similar to YNAB. I also have CloudFlare tunnel set up that lets…
DarmokJalad1701 on HN
LibreOffice spreadsheet
From 1 comment
I've been tracking my personal finances with a simple spreadsheet (ODS, with LibreOffice) for almost a decade at this point. It's backed weekly to couple locations (not in the…
drillsteps5 on HN