I think I'm actively trying to not do anything dynamic/complicated. :)

If Zed breaks things too much in the future (to the point that its JSON config doesn't let me do something I need to get my work done) I'll probably go back to using Neovim. We'll see how it plays out over time. For now I'm enjoying having less configuration knobs.

Thanks for the feedback!

You can find the TOC here: https://personalfinancespython.com/files/toc.pdf (will try to link to it from the website later during the day).

This book mainly focuses on extracting data from CSV files. Generally speaking though, if the PDF statements your bank sends have a deterministic format, extracting data should be possible using some PDF parsing library.

Thanks for the feedback about the website! I've changed the button text so the price is displayed inline.

And here’s a sample chapter: https://personalfinancespython.com/files/sample.pdf

(I couldn’t modify the original comment or add replies to it anymore, hence posting a new one.)

I would add the ToC and one of the later chapters or sections to your main website. Later chapters are more informative than an introduction because the demonstrate how good you are in explaining new concepts.

Thanks for the heads up!

I’m trying to change it but apparently it’s not possible to adjust URLs after submission?

Hoping one of the mods could help with this!

Fixed now. That was a bug in our software - sorry!

Btw, for a Show HN that's a book, the convention is to provide a sample chapter (or something similar) for free. Otherwise there's no way for users to "try it out", which is the necessary condition for a Show HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html.

Just added another comment with a link to a sample chapter. Thanks!

About 4 years ago I started looking for a privacy-friendly way to keep track of my money across different accounts.

While searching, I found Plain Text Accounting [1], which means keeping financial records inside plain-text files. This method really appealed to the developer in me and I started digging deeper.

4 years later, I now have a stable workflow using Beancount [2] that lets me import all my financial activity into a plain-text file that lives inside a git repository on my disk. Needless to say, I'm super happy with this workflow!

So this ebook is my attempt at helping more folks get into the world of PTA and Beancount! In my experience, the documentation can be a bit tricky to get into, so I hope this ebook lowers the barrier to entry!

Open to answering questions!

[1]: https://plaintextaccounting.org/

[2]: https://beancount.github.io/

Looks cool! This will definitely be of interest to folks using Beancount.

I just added a link to it on https://awesome-beancount.com/#tools.

Martin's blog post is awesome! It helped clear up a bunch of stuff for me too.

And on a somewhat unrelated note: his book on building data-intensive applications is another goldmine (on a different topic).

That's actually a good point.

You only need to write Python code if you're using the Beancount importers framework and intend to use bean-identify and/or bean-extract.

There’s great advice in the other comments already.

One additional resource I would recommend is https://devtomanager.com , which is a list of interviews with other developers on how their transition was like.

Good luck on your career move!