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Building ExpTracker: A Budget Dashboard That Matches How I Actually Spend
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Building ExpTracker: A Budget Dashboard That Matches How I Actually Spend

2026-09-30
Personal Finance Tools

Why I built my own expense tracker instead of using a spreadsheet — custom pay-cycle periods, bulk CSV import, and a visualisation view that tells me whether I'm actually on track.