A founder-written blog about personal financial record management and building AsciiStatement, a self-hosted tool that consolidates bank, brokerage and mortgage data into a single HTML document. It explains how screen scraping underpins many financial apps and argues for measuring and owning one's own financial data.
Website: https://blog.asciistatement.com/
Explains Canadian personal finance topics in depth, such as the proposed Canada Strong Fund, what to do with your money after a layoff, and how to move from bank mutual funds to a self-directed account. Readers get sourced, practical walkthroughs that cite official guidance and flag where details are uncertain.
Independent UK personal finance guides covering savings tax changes, ISA rules and rate comparisons. Each issue works through the figures by taxpayer type and ends with a clear verdict on what to do.
Essays on wealth, class, culture and power, mixing cultural criticism, book analysis and personal reflection. Recent issues examine the cost and function of Greek life, 1969 economic anxiety in Newsweek, and the 'main street millionaire' theory of inequality.
Plain-English guides for people challenging HMRC decisions at UK tax tribunals without a lawyer. Each issue explains a specific type of HMRC notice or refusal, the deadlines and appeal routes, and what to do first, with citations to the relevant legislation.
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