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  1. Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp

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    I started working with Deno and one of its web frameworks, Fresh, a couple of weeks back. I'm a glutton for punishment when it comes to new front-end stuff, and I have bounced between quite a few...

    I started working with Deno and one of its web frameworks, Fresh, a couple of weeks back. I'm a glutton for punishment when it comes to new front-end stuff, and I have bounced between quite a few over the years. My two latest kicks were the Deno ecosystem, as well as Astro and its ability to pull in components from any front-end library and consolidate the functionality into a static site. I guess I just like static sites too...

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  2. Comment on How do you manage your finances? in ~finance

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    I've had great luck consolidating things with Monarch. Basically, all of my investment accounts, stocks, rEITs, and recurring expenses all tend to funnel through without too much of an issue. I've...

    I've had great luck consolidating things with Monarch. Basically, all of my investment accounts, stocks, rEITs, and recurring expenses all tend to funnel through without too much of an issue. I've ran into some MFA issues with Stripe trying to link accounts, but I feel like that's the nature of the beast when dealing with modern auth and things like MFA. I know API keys or application passwords can be used to get around some of those restrictions, but a lot of financial institutions are pretty far behind there. I too track all of my Schwab investment accounts in there.

    YNAB always look good, but It's been years since I've revisited it or its functionality. Looking back at all that history, I could understand wanting to keep yourself in one spot, though.

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  3. Comment on How do you manage your finances? in ~finance

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    I use an app / tool called Monarch Money. I was using Personal Capital (now Empower). Both worked, but I liked the idea of paying a smaller monthly fee to Monarch than potentially "being the...

    I use an app / tool called Monarch Money. I was using Personal Capital (now Empower). Both worked, but I liked the idea of paying a smaller monthly fee to Monarch than potentially "being the product" with a free service like Empower. So far, so good. It helps me keep track of things, and the mix of interfaces on web and mobile work pretty well for me.

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