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Just realized my free budget spreadsheet beat a $30 app hands down
I spent 3 months trial running this pricier fintech startup's budgeting tool for my Toronto side hustle, but my old Google Sheets template tracked my coffee shop cash flow better because I could slap a custom formula on it in 30 seconds. Anyone else get stuck paying for features you can tweak yourself in an afternoon?
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felix_black24d ago
Right? I wasted six months on a paid app that couldn't even handle my irregular freelance invoices, but my old ugly spreadsheet did it in ten minutes.
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the_faith24d ago
Is it just me or does everything these days try way too hard to be "smart" when simple works better? I've noticed this pattern everywhere, not just with apps. Like my neighbor bought a wifi enabled fridge that texts him when the milk is low, but the thing broke in 3 months and now he's back to using a whiteboard and a magnet. Software companies keep adding AI and cloud sync and all these bells and whistles when half the time people just need something that gets out of their way and does the job. It's the same with my buddy who runs a food truck - he tried every fancy POS system and ended up just using a notebook and a calculator because it's faster and never crashes. Spreadsheets are ugly as sin but they don't lie to you and they don't change their rules when an update rolls out.
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