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[You should track your finances in TOML]

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It's an interesting idea, but I think that data entry is just too
cumbersome compared to the ledger formats. I think it might be better to
push for each ledger-like tool to export to a common TOML format for
other tools to ingest.

It would be nice to interoperate, as users could use features from
multiple plain text accounting apps if they desired.

I'm curious to see how your tool pans out.
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> It's an interesting idea, but I think that data entry is just too
> cumbersome compared to the ledger formats. I think it might be better 
> to
> push for each ledger-like tool to export to a common TOML format for
> other tools to ingest.

Yeah, it is quite verbose, I get that. If TOML could work as a polyglot 
format for these, that would be super cool! The community would have to 
strive towards a common standard, though, to ensure everything works well 
together.

> I'm curious to see how your tool pans out.

Me too! Its mostly a playground for experimenting right now, but I am 
actually using it for some of my personal data!

Thanks for the interesting thoughts!

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Knut Magnus Aasrud
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