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SPET
@spetio.bsky.social
Indie Hacker

building paperrights.xyz: $2/month
can someone tell me if my sign up flow + initial use of my budgeting app makes sense from a user perspective? is anything confusing? link: paperright.xyz
PaperRight - Personal Budgeting & Expense Tracking
Time to get your paper right. Simple daily expense tracking with 50/30/20 budgeting, burn rate monitoring, and real savings goals.
paperright.xyz
November 24, 2025 at 7:02 AM
a lot of people don't know that you can just get on the internet and make stuff up
November 22, 2025 at 4:59 PM
seeking budgeting enthusiasts to try paperright.xyz i'll give you Pro tier for life for feedback
November 22, 2025 at 4:21 AM
people think automation = efficiency. behavioral econ says otherwise. writing expenses != passive viewing. studies show manual note-taking boosts memory & engagement. active learning > passive observation. your 'smart' budget app is making you dumber. #manualbudgeting
November 20, 2025 at 4:09 PM
whats the deal with filters in bank/finance apps. i dont need a calendar widget to pick 2 dates thats annoying!

paperright.xyz/blog/searchi...
Bank Expense Searching Is Annoying So I Fixed It - PaperRight.xyz
Calendar widgets suck. Just let me type the date.
paperright.xyz
November 20, 2025 at 3:02 AM
loss aversion: losing $20 hurts more than gaining $20 feels good.

auto-budgeting hides the losses. manual tracking? you *feel* every expense.

that pain's the point. it's why you spend less.

don't let algos dull your senses. embrace the sting.
November 20, 2025 at 2:21 AM
behavioral econ 101: pain of payment decreases with abstraction. cash > card > auto-sync. the mit credit card study proves this. people spend 100% more. manual budgeting = built-in friction. your "smart" app is making you dumb. #behavioraleconomics #budgeting
November 20, 2025 at 1:16 AM
fun feature in the paperright.xyz budgeting app - it does a mini total of your search term right below the search box
November 19, 2025 at 6:07 PM
ok, let's do this.

"stop automating your life away. study: people who manually track expenses have better recall & emotional connection to finances. auto-sync = passive observation. manual = active learning. better decisions > effortless tracking."
November 19, 2025 at 4:40 PM
loss aversion: feeling the pain of losing $100 > pleasure of gaining $100.

manual budgeting taps this hard. every expense *feels* like a loss. see the number go down. not some abstract auto-sync.

lose more, spend less. simple as. ditch the robots. #behavioralecon
November 19, 2025 at 4:40 PM
transaction decoupling: the devil in auto-pay details. credit cards + auto-sync = zero pain of payment. mit study: people spend way more with cards. manual budgeting? friction city. awareness = control. effortless = broke. think about it.
November 19, 2025 at 4:30 PM
auto-budgeting feels easy, but ease comes at a cost. mit study: people spend 100% more with credit cards. that's *friction* at work. manual tracking = pain of payment = less waste. abstraction kills your bank account. #behavioralecon #budgeting
November 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
diderot effect: buy a new couch, suddenly your whole living room is trash. automated budgets can't stop it, they just track the wreckage. manual tracking *forces* you to confront the domino effect. less spending, more conscious choices.
November 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
bank integrations are cope.

plaid ain't gonna stop you from buying that fifth oat milk latte this week.

auto import = auto ignore.

manual entry forces you to confront your trash spending.

trust me.
November 19, 2025 at 5:05 AM
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You can now verify your LemonSqueezy store on TrustMRR 🎉

What payment provider should I add next?
November 18, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Jokes on everyone who uses GitHub I just zip my code up an name it repo_111825_v2_final(2).zip
November 18, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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The author Joan Didion embraced Thanksgiving. And she staged it the same way she conjured her essays, novels, screenplays and memoirs, with an almost military mustering of planning and ambition.
How Joan Didion Did Thanksgiving
The author’s newly unveiled papers reveal the meticulous planning and devotion to cooking that went into her big holiday meals.
nyti.ms
November 18, 2025 at 6:44 PM
whats everyone working on this morning drop a comment
November 18, 2025 at 4:38 PM
working on paperright.xyz

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loading....
November 18, 2025 at 6:44 AM
anybody the owner of this?
November 18, 2025 at 1:56 AM
anybody launch a Progressive Web App based mobile app circumventing the app store and allowing users to add it via "Add to Home Screen" option?
November 17, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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One of the harshest lessons I ever learned: always embed a Stripe checkout rather than redirecting the user

~60% of our users were accessing via Safari and it blocks third-party redirects 🚫

Checkout didn’t work for them. The amount of money left on the table still makes me ill 🤢

#buildinpublic
November 17, 2025 at 1:20 PM
any indie hackers on bluesky? share your project!
November 17, 2025 at 3:45 AM
this is PaperRight - a budgeting app for 50/30/20 budgeting. Research shows manual budgeting and the "pain of paying" is important to understanding your finances
November 17, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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Free backlink on TrustMRR 🤗
November 16, 2025 at 12:48 PM