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mkrd··on Show HN: BudgetFlow – Budget planning using interactive Sankey diagrams
Yes, seeing the estimate vs the real thing will depend on how you set up your accounts. I have separate accounts for separate concerns, and automatically transfer the budgeted amounts, so I can see at the end of the month if my estimates are correct, or if I need to change them. But if you only have one bank account for everything, this will become harder
mkrd··on Show HN: BudgetFlow – Budget planning using interactive Sankey diagrams
That makes so much sense, thanks! I will update the example accordingly. But this shows that some knowledge is needed to make good use of Sankey diagrams. I should add some tutorial pages with examples to make it easier to get started
mkrd··on Show HN: BudgetFlow – Budget planning using interactive Sankey diagrams
Hey! That’s because the budget on the landing page is not really stored in the DB. Haven’t found a better way to do it yet. But if you login, it will work on your budgets!
mkrd··on Show HN: BudgetFlow – Budget planning using interactive Sankey diagrams
No problem! And thanks to everyone who advised me to add them quickly
mkrd··on Show HN: BudgetFlow – Budget planning using interactive Sankey diagrams
This works better on desktop, if you hover with your mouse over a flow that you can see the individual parts it is made up from and you can click on each one to see and edit it.

Also, you can configure the flows completely freely, so each case you mention will work easily!

mkrd··on Show HN: BudgetFlow – Budget planning using interactive Sankey diagrams
Good point, I get your concerns. I just got the page out there, so it is super new, but I will add the relevant info as soon as possible.

The data is stored in a database that is on the server which serves the page!

mkrd··on Show HN: BudgetFlow – Budget planning using interactive Sankey diagrams
Thanks! Really encouraging to see people liking it :)
mkrd··on Show HN: BudgetFlow – Budget planning using interactive Sankey diagrams
Hey, thanks! I have a lot of ideas, one of them is to actually have a scrollable timeline so you can see how your budget develops over the years. Also I am thinking about adding things like planned future expenses, and a retirement calculator.

Sadly I don’t have enough time next to my day job, so progress is slow. I am hoping that it might gain some popularity, so I can maybe start allocating more time to this project!

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