Plain Text to Vision Models: Evolving My Expense Workflow

A few years ago, I went looking for a good app for budgeting and tracking expenses. I wanted something simple enough that I would actually use it. Then I discovered the Plain Text Accounting approach and eventually hledger , and it immediately clicked for me. If you are a terminal lover or you like your data in plain text, hledger is a great fit. Your records live in ordinary text files: no…