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Money Flow

A private finance tool for turning manual statement uploads into a clearer view of how money moves.

DataMVP

What it is

Money Flow is a small, private personal-finance MVP. You upload a statement manually; it tracks how money moves across accounts and time. It’s not a product. It’s a personal tool that treats your own money like a dataset.

Why I built it

Because financial clarity should feel less like a spreadsheet crime scene. Most personal-finance tools either over-automate (and guess wrong) or just hand you a giant sheet. I wanted something in between: manual control, clean structure, and a view of flows rather than balances alone.

What problem it solves

Bank statements tell you what happened; spreadsheets let you record it; but neither shows how money moves across categories and accounts over time. Money Flow is built around the movement, not the balance.

Stack

  • Manual ingestion (statement upload) rather than any bank integration
  • A small data model oriented around flows + categories
  • MVP-scale, no production infra, no third-party bank access

Current status

MVP. Private personal tool; source is not public.

What I learned

  • “Flow” is a better mental model than “balance” for understanding your own money.
  • Manual upload is a feature, not a limitation: it forces you to actually look.
  • The right schema for personal finance is the one you’ll keep updating.

What I would improve next

  • A recurring-transactions view (what actually repeats, not what I labeled).
  • Light projections: “if this flow keeps up for 3 months, here’s the shape”.
  • Export to a one-page monthly digest I’d actually read.
  • Private project. Reach out if you want to talk personal-OS finance design.