Going broke is not an option, always on that cash flow.
—A$AP Rocky
I’ve been obsessed with budgeting for as long as I can remember, first with pen and paper, then with Excel, then with R, and now with Python.
There are some wonderful online tools that can help you build a budget; however, I’ve always found them to be lacking. While most budget apps are great for measuring monthly inflows and outflows, I haven’t found them to be particularly great for scenario planning or for capturing the holistic cash flow picture.
When I build a budget, I want to know what my bank balance will be at each moment in ...