Fewer errors in reconciling
One thing that I have noticed over the years of working with hledger, is that my reconciling errors have diminished over time. What I mean by a reconciling error.
using hledger for thanksgiving
It’s Thanksgiving Day in the U.S. today. Whether or not this is a holiday for you, here are three ways that you can use hledger for giving thanks. First,.
Zooming out and in
If I had to guess which hledger command I use the most, it would be aregister, or areg for short. The areg command results in a “zoomed-in” compact output,.
(Almost) everything you wanted to know about hledger transactions
Last week’s posting had resources for learning the basic parts of an hledger transaction. The motivation was that if you use hledger, it helps to have a good grasp.
Beginners corner: a basic hledger transaction
If you are new to hledger, one of the first things to learn is the parts of a basic hledger transaction. Towards that end, I created two resources. The.
Why I created the hledger fan YouTube channel
Currently, there are 18 videos on my hledger fan YouTube channel, with the most popular video having some 3k views. How did this all start? There were three principal.
A not so capital idea for saving time
One timesaver I have noted for my workflow is that I can ignore capitalization when referring to account names. For example, I can have an account named Liabilities:Acme However,.
The richest hledger user in Babylon (part 3)
One of the lists in the book The Richest Man in Babylon is “The Five Laws of Gold.” The third law states: “Gold clingeth to the protection of the.
The richest hledger user in Babylon (Part 2)
The question of last week was “How can you apply some of the ideas in The Richest Man in Babylon as an hledger user?” Last week I discussed one.
The Richest hledger User in Babylon
Last week I mentioned the book The Richest Man in Babylon. This tome of financial advice is often regarded as a classic in the field. It occurred to me,.