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A partial list from 2006 to 2024. 
For more recent posts, watch the [PTA forum](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org)
and its [RSS feed](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/latest.rss?order=created).

### 2024 {#2024}

- [Robert Nielsen: Don't make this planning mistake with hledger](https://hledgerfan.com/dont-make-this-planning-mistake-with-hledger/)  <!-- 2024-03-07 -->
- [Robert Nielsen: Needs, strategies and spending](https://hledgerfan.com/needs-strategies-and-spending/)  <!-- 2024-02-29 -->
- [Robert Nielsen: Creating a positive impact](https://hledgerfan.com/creating-a-positive-impact/)  <!-- 2024-02-22 -->
- [Robert Nielsen: Include was the key](https://hledgerfan.com/include-was-the-key/)  <!-- 2024-02-15 -->
- [Robert Nielsen: The code to generate random hledger transactions](https://hledgerfan.com/the-code-to-generate-random-hledger-transactions/)  <!-- 2024-02-08 -->
- [Robert Nielsen: Working program to generate fake hledger transactions](https://hledgerfan.com/working-program-to-generate-fake-hledger-transactions/) <!-- 2024-02-01 -->
- [Robert Nielsen: Creating phony hledger transactions](https://hledgerfan.com/creating-phony-hledger-transactions/)  <!-- 2024-01-25 -->
- [Robert Nielsen: First step in closing out 2023](https://hledgerfan.com/first-step-in-closing-out-2023/)  <!-- 2024-01-18 -->
- [Robert Nielsen: Why I installed Ledger](https://hledgerfan.com/why-i-installed-ledger/)  <!-- 2024-01-11 -->
- [Robert Nielsen: Better Emacs = better hledger](https://hledgerfan.com/better-emacs-better-hledger)  <!-- 2024-01-04 -->
- [Serge Wroclawski: Implementing Profit First with Plain Text Accounting](https://blog.emacsen.net/profit-first-plain-text-accounting.html) <!-- 2024-01-04 -->
- [Serge Wroclawski: I use Profit First, the Theory of Constraints, and Plain Text Accounting to help my small business](https://blog.emacsen.net/profit-first-constraints-plain-text-accounting.html) <!-- 2024-01-02 -->

### 2023 {#2023}

- [Tavis Ormandy: Ledger](https://lock.cmpxchg8b.com/ledger.html)  <!-- 2023-12-?? -->
- [Robert Nielsen: Fixing my mistake after accidentally adding pending transactions](https://hledgerfan.com/fixing-my-mistake-after-accidentally-adding-pending-transactions/) <!-- 2023-12-28 -->
- [Robert Nielsen: A better desc(ription)](https://hledgerfan.com/a-better-description/) <!-- 2023-12-21 -->
- [Robert Nielsen: Upgrading to hledger 1.32, a book on graphic design, and ledger-mode-clean-buffer](https://hledgerfan.com/upgrading-to-hledger-1-32-a-book-on-graphic-design-and-ledger-mode-clean-buffer/) <!-- 2023-12-07 -->
- [Ian Cross: Hacking on a Ledger](https://galagic.com/post/20231201155114/hacking-on-a-ledger/) <!-- 2023-12-01 -->
- [Robert Nielsen: Fewer errors in reconciling](https://hledgerfan.com/fewer-errors-in-reconciling/)  <!-- 2023-11-30 -->
- [Robert Nielsen: Using hledger for thanksgiving](https://hledgerfan.com/using-hledger-for-thanksgiving/)  <!-- 2023-11-23 -->
- [Jonathan Dowland: HLedger, regex matches and field assignments](https://jmtd.net/log/hledger/matchers/) <!-- 2023-11-17 -->
- [Robert Nielsen: Zooming out and in](https://hledgerfan.com/zooming-out-and-in/) <!-- 2023-11-16 -->
- [Knut Magnus Aasrud: You should track your finances in TOML](https://kmaasrud.com/blog/track-finances-in-toml.html) <!-- 2023-11-13 -->
- [Robert Nielsen: (Almost) everything you wanted to know about hledger transactions](https://hledgerfan.com/almost-everything-you-wanted-to-know-about-hledger-transactions/) <!-- 2023-11-09 -->
- [Robert Nielsen: Beginners corner: a basic hledger transaction](https://hledgerfan.com/beginners-corner-a-basic-hledger-transaction/) <!-- 2023-11-02 -->
- [Robert Nielsen: Why i created the hledger fan youtube channel](https://hledgerfan.com/why-i-created-the-hledger-fan-youtube-channel/) <!-- 2023-10-26 -->
- [Robert Nielsen: A not so capital idea for saving time](https://hledgerfan.com/a-not-so-capital-idea-for-saving-time/) <!-- 2023-10-19 -->
- [Robert Nielsen: The richest hledger user in Babylon (part 3)](https://hledgerfan.com/the-richest-hledger-user-in-babylon-part-3/) <!-- 2023-10-12 -->
- [Robert Nielsen: The richest hledger user in Babylon (part 2)](https://hledgerfan.com/the-richest-hledger-user-in-babylon-part-2/) <!-- 2023-10-05 -->
- [Robert Nielsen: The richest hledger user in Babylon](https://hledgerfan.com/the-richest-hledger-user-in-babylon/) <!-- 2023-09-28 -->
- [Robert Nielsen: Accounting before hledger](https://hledgerfan.com/accounting-before-hledger/) <!-- 2023-09-21 -->
- [Robert Nielsen: Atomic hledger habits](https://hledgerfan.com/atomic-hledger-habits/) <!-- 2023-09-14 -->
- [Robert Nielsen: Hledger 1.31 now available, using “not,” awk part 2, podcast of the week](https://hledgerfan.com/hledger-1-31-now-available-using-not-awk-part-2-podcast-of-the-week/) <!-- 2023-09-07 -->
- [Robert Nielsen: Trying my wings with awk](https://hledgerfan.com/trying-my-wings-with-awk/) <!-- 2023-08-31 -->
- [Robert Nielsen: Making changes with and without sed](https://hledgerfan.com/making-changes-with-and-without-sed/) <!-- 2023-08-24 -->
- [Robert Nielsen: Three ways to make changes to an hledger data file](https://hledgerfan.com/three-ways-to-make-changes-to-an-hledger-data-file/) <!-- 2023-08-17 -->
- [Robert Nielsen: Good intentions or good results?](https://hledgerfan.com/good-intentions-or-good-results/) <!-- 2023-08-10 -->
- [Robert Nielsen: Why use hledger?](https://hledgerfan.com/why-use-hledger/) <!-- 2023-08-03 -->
- [Robert Nielsen: hledger book of the month](https://hledgerfan.com/hledger-book-of-the-month/) <!-- 2023-07-27 -->
- [Robert Nielsen: Moving forward by going backward](https://hledgerfan.com/moving-forward-by-going-backward/) <!-- 2023-07-20 -->
- [Robert Nielsen: Invisible windows](https://hledgerfan.com/invisible-windows/) <!-- 2023-07-19 -->
- [Robert Nielsen: Really review, really](https://hledgerfan.com/really-review-really/) <!-- 2023-07-06 -->
- [Robert Nielsen: Helping others see how useful hledger can be](https://hledgerfan.com/helping-others-see-how-useful-hledger-can-be/) <!-- 2023-06-29 -->
- [Robert Nielsen: Blog entries prior to june 2023 site update](https://hledgerfan.com/hello-world/) <!-- 2023-06-26 -->
- [Beancount.io: Tracking real estate in Beancount](https://beancount.io/page/2023-06-09-tracking-real-estate) <!-- 2023-06-09 -->
- [Jonathan Dowland: Separate hledgers](https://jmtd.net/log/hledger/separate/) <!-- 2023-04-24 -->
- [Josh Cunningham: Scratching an Itch: Command Line Budgeting](https://www.joshcanhelp.com/budget-cli/) <!-- 2023-03-22 -->
- [Jonathan Dowland: date warping in HLedger](https://jmtd.net/log/date_warping/) <!-- 2023-03-06 -->
- [Jonathan Dowland: HLedger, 1 year on](https://jmtd.net/log/hledger_1yr/) <!-- 2023-02-10 -->

### 2022 {#2022}

- [Jonathan Dowland: eventual consistency](https://jmtd.net/log/eventual_consistency/) <!-- 2022-11-22 -->
- [Jonathan Dowland: dues (or blues)](https://jmtd.net/log/hledger/dues/) <!-- 2022-08-17 -->
- [Jonathan Dowland: hledger](https://jmtd.net/log/hledger/) <!-- 2022-04-14 -->

### 2021 {#2021}

- [Jonathan Dowland: hledger footguns](https://jmtd.net/log/hledger_footguns/) <!-- 2021-11-20 -->
- [Arsen Arsenović: Keeping track of finances from many places](https://www.aarsen.me/posts/2021-08-13-personal-finances-with-hledger.html) <!-- 2021-08-15 -->
- [Zoran Zaric: Budgeting for annual expenses with Hledger](http://rantsideasstuff.com/posts/2021/01/31-budgeting-for-annual-expenses-with-hledger/) <!-- 2021/01/31 -->
<!-- - [Samuel Walladge: Tracking capital gains with hledger](https://www.swalladge.net/archives/2021/01/30/hledger-tracking-capital-gains/) <\!-- 2021/01/30 -\-> -->
- [Duarte O.Carmo: Hacking on my finances (Part 2: Beancount on Beanstalk)](https://duarteocarmo.com/blog/hacking-on-my-finances-part-2-beancount-on-beanstalk.html) <!-- 2021/01/15 -->
- [Red S: The Five-Minute Ledger Update](https://reds-rants.netlify.app/personal-finance/the-five-minute-ledger-update/)

### 2020 {#2020}

- [Duarte O.Carmo: Hacking on my finances](https://duarteocarmo.com/blog/hacking-on-my-finances.html) <!-- 2020/10/19 -->
- [Conversations in Code: Episode 3 / Introduction to Plain Text Accounting](https://www.reddit.com/r/plaintextaccounting/comments/ivrbdu/announcing_a_new_podcast_fossopensource_related/) <!-- 2020/9/19 --> [podcast]
- [Peter Hogg: Reconciling Ledger](https://pig-monkey.com/2020/08/reconciling-ledger/) <!-- 2020/8/6 -->
- [Peter Hogg: Receipts and Ledger](https://pig-monkey.com/2020/08/receipts-ledger/) <!-- 2020/8/5 -->
- [Peter Hogg: Tracking Cash with Ledger](https://pig-monkey.com/2020/08/ledger-cash/) <!-- 2020/8/4 -->
- [Peter Hogg: Organizing Ledger](https://pig-monkey.com/2020/08/organizing-ledger/) <!-- 2020/8/3 -->
- [Mari Donkers: KMyMoney to HLedger conversion](https://photonsphere.org/posts-output/2020-05-31-kmymoney2hledger) <!-- 2020/5/31 -->
- [Charles Hoffman: Plain Text Accounting](https://xbrl.squarespace.com/journal/2020/5/5/plain-text-accounting.html) <!-- 2020/5/5 -->
- [Charles Hoffman: Fat Free Accounting: Ledger](https://xbrl.squarespace.com/journal/2020/5/4/fat-free-accounting-ledger.html) <!-- 2020/5/4 -->
- [Lee Yingtong Li: Using selenium to scrape/import bank transactions for ledger-cli](https://yingtongli.me/blog/2020/04/29/hbs-scrape.html) <!-- 20200429 -->
- [Lee Yingtong Li: ledger-pyreport: Formal accounting reports for ledger-cli](https://yingtongli.me/blog/2020/03/31/ledger-pyreport.html) <!-- 2020/3/31 -->
- [Lee Yingtong Li: Incorrect accounting of unrealised gains in ledger-cli](https://yingtongli.me/blog/2020/03/31/ledger-gains.html) <!-- 2020/3/31 -->
- [Christian Egli: Quick and dirty PDF reports for Plain Text Accounting](https://egli.dev/posts/quick-and-dirty-pdf-reports-for-plain-text-accounting/) <!-- 2020/2/13 -->

### 2019 {#2019}

- [Lee Yingtong Li: FIFO inventory with ledger-cli](https://yingtongli.me/blog/2019/12/11/ledger-fifo.html) <!-- 2019/12/11 -->
- [Amitai Burstein: Why We Chose Plain Text Accounting with Hledger](https://www.gizra.com/content/plain-text-accounting-hledger) <!-- 2019/11/21 -->
- [Budgeting with ledger-cli while tracking used points](https://fransiska.github.io/ledger/2019/10/24/ledger-budget-point) <!-- 2019/10/24 -->
- [Pete Keen: Automatic Insurance](https://www.petekeen.net/automatic-insurance) <!-- 2019/2/18 -->
- [Pete Keen: Automatic Investing](https://www.petekeen.net/automatic-investing) <!-- 2019/2/18 -->
- [Pete Keen: Automatic Cash Management](https://www.petekeen.net/automatic-cash-management) <!-- 2019/2/18 -->
- [Pete Keen: Automatic Finances](https://www.petekeen.net/automatic-finances) <!-- 2019/2/18 -->
- [John Sullivan: Answering questions with accounting: Reimbursements](https://blog.johncs.com/posts/accounting-reimbursements.htm) <!-- 2019/01/07 -->
<!-- MIA, awaiting repair: -->
<!-- - <s>S.M. Oliva: Accounting in Plain Text, Part 3</s>[](https://cvillefoss.blog/2019/03/25/accounting-in-plain-text-part-3/) 2019 <\!-- 3/25 -\-> -->
<!-- - <s>S.M. Oliva: Accounting in Plain Text, Part 2</s>[](https://cvillefoss.blog/2019/02/26/accounting-in-plain-text-part-2/) 2019 <\!-- 2/26 -\-> -->
<!-- - <s>S.M. Oliva: Accounting in Plain Text, Part 1.5</s>[](https://cvillefoss.blog/2019/02/19/accounting-in-plain-text-part-1-5) 2019 <\!-- 2/19 -\-> -->
<!-- - <s>S.M. Oliva: Accounting in Plain Text, Part 1</s>[](https://cvillefoss.blog/2019/02/12/accounting-in-plain-text-part-1) 2019 <\!-- 2/12 -\-> -->

### 2018 {#2018}

- [Felix Crux: Tracking Accounts Jointly and Separately](https://felixcrux.com/blog/ledger-practices-tracking-accounts-jointly-and-separately) <!-- 2018-10-29) -->
- [Pepijn Looije: Real World Ledger part 1: Weighing Eggs in Baskets](https://p.epij.nl/ledger-cli/accounting/2018/08/23/real-world-ledger-part-1/) <!-- 2018/8/23 -->
- [Zoran Zaric: Depreciation in Personal Finance with Hledger](http://rantsideasstuff.com/posts/2018/07/08-depreciation-in-personal-finance-with-hledger/) <!-- 2018/7/4 -->
- [Zoran Zaric: Tracking Investments in Lots with Hledger](http://rantsideasstuff.com/posts/2018/07/01-tracking-investments-in-lots-with-hledger/) <!-- 2018/7/1 -->
- [Michael Walker: Currency Conversion](https://memo.barrucadu.co.uk/currency-conversion.html) <!-- 2018/5/31 -->
- [LWN: Counting beans - and more - with Beancount](https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/751874/a38128abb72e45c5/) <!-- 2018/4/19 -->
- [Michael Walker: Personal Finance](https://memo.barrucadu.co.uk/personal-finance.html) <!-- 2018/1/7 -->
- [Siddhant Goel: Managing Personal Finances using Python](https://sgoel.dev/posts/managing-personal-finances-using-python/) <!-- 2018/9/16 -->

### 2017 {#2017}

- [Michael Walker: I Need A Budget](https://www.barrucadu.co.uk/posts/etc/2017-12-16-i-need-a-budget.html) <!-- 2017/12/16 -->
- [Accounting for the simple minds with plain text accounting](https://dustri.org/b/accounting-for-the-simple-minds-with-plain-text-accounting.html) <!-- 2017/12/1 -->
- [S.M. Oliva: Inventory, Part I: Will It Probate?](https://clprobate.wordpress.com/2017/08/31/inventory-part-1-will-it-probate/) <!-- 2017/8/31 -->
- [S.M. Oliva: A Simple First Account](https://clprobate.wordpress.com/2017/07/30/a-simple-first-account/) <!-- 2017/7/30 -->
- [S.M. Oliva: The Basics of hledger](https://clprobate.wordpress.com/2017/07/30/the-basics-of-hledger) <!-- 2017/7/30 -->
- [S.M. Oliva: Introduction to Command Line Probate](https://clprobate.wordpress.com/2017/07/05/introduction-to-command-line-probate/) <!-- 2017/7/5 -->
- [LWN: Restarting the free accounting search](https://lwn.net/Articles/729088/) <!-- 2017/7/28 -->
- [Michael Walker: Visualise your finances with hledger, InfluxDB, and Grafana](https://www.barrucadu.co.uk/posts/etc/2017-05-18-visualise-your-finances-with-hledger-influxdb-grafana.html) <!-- 2017/5/18 -->

### 2016 {#2016}

- [Felix Crux: Accrual vs. Cash Basis Accounting](https://felixcrux.com/blog/ledger-practices-accrual-vs-cash-basis-accounting) <!-- 2016-11-30 -->
- [bsilvereagle: Envelope Budgeting with ledger](https://frdmtoplay.com/envelope-budgeting-with-ledger) <!-- 2016/10/28 -->
- [Felix Crux: Tracking Reimbursable Expenses](https://felixcrux.com/blog/ledger-practices-tracking-reimbursable-expenses) <!-- 2016-10-13 -->
- [Felix Crux: Separate Your Journals](https://felixcrux.com/blog/ledger-practices-separate-your-journals) <!-- 2016-09-28 -->
- [Felix Crux: Reporting Special Events Separately From Regular Spending](https://felixcrux.com/blog/ledger-practices-reporting-special-events-separately) <!-- 2016-09-23 -->
- [Felix Crux: Create a .ledgerrc](https://felixcrux.com/blog/ledger-practices-create-a-ledgerrc) <!-- 2016-09-18 -->
  ([Ledger Practices series](https://felixcrux.com/blog/ledger-practices))
- [Marcin Borkowski: Ledger – virtual postings aka envelopes](https://mbork.pl/2016-07-18_Ledger_–_virtual_postings_aka_envelopes) <!-- 2016/7/18 -->
<!-- gone - [Karan Ahuja: Hledger Improvements Wishlist.](http://www.karanahuja.in/2016-05-17-Hledger-Improvements-Wishlist/) <\!-- 2016/5/17 -\-> -->
- [Alex Johnstone: Managing my personal finances with beancount](https://alexjj.com/posts/2016/managing-my-personal-finances-with-beancount/) <!-- 2016/2/27 -->

### 2015 {#2015}

- [Pete Keen: Program Your Finances: Algorithmic Savings](https://www.petekeen.net/program-your-finances-algorithmic-savings) <!-- 2015/6/16 -->
- [Pete Keen: Program Your Finances: Envelope Budgeting](https://www.petekeen.net/program-your-finances-envelope-budgeting) <!-- 2015/4/7 -->
- [Stefano Rodighiero: hledger-dupes](https://stefanorodighiero.net/posts/2015-01-04-hledger-find-duplicate-accounts.html) <!-- 2015/1/4 -->

### 2014 {#2014}

- [Matthew Turland: Ledger basics and habits](http://matthewturland.com/2014/03/29/ledger-basics-and-habits/) <!-- 2014/3/29 -->

### 2013 {#2013}

- [Simon Michael: What is hledger?](http://joyful.com/blog/2013-10-20-what-is-hledger.html) <!-- 2013/10/20 -->
- [Simon Michael: More on ledger](http://joyful.com/blog/2013-10-19-more-on-ledger.html) <!-- 2013/10/19 -->
- [Simon Michael: Introducing hledger!](http://joyful.com/blog/2013-10-18-introducing-hledger.html) <!-- 2013/10/18 -->

### 2012 {#2012}

- [Joey Hess: hledger](http://joeyh.name/blog/entry/hledger) <!-- 2012/12/3 -->
- [Gene Goykhman: An Alternative to QuickBooks](http://goykhman.ca/gene/blog/2012/2012-09-23-an-alternative-to-quickbooks.html) <!-- 2012/9/23 -->
- [LWN: The accounting quest: Ledger](http://lwn.net/Articles/501681/) <!-- 2012/6/13 -->
- [Pete Keen: A Robust Reporting System for Ledger](https://www.petekeen.net/a-robust-reporting-system-for-ledger) <!-- 2012/1/1 -->

### 2011 {#2011}

- [Pete Keen: Program your Finances: Automated Transactions](https://www.petekeen.net/program-your-finances-automated-transactions) <!-- 2011/12/18 -->
- [Clint Adams: Accounting at SFLC](http://www.softwarefreedom.org/blog/2011/sep/07/accounting-at-sflc/) <!-- 2011/9/7 -->
- [Pete Keen: Program your Finances: Vacation Tracking](https://www.petekeen.net/program-your-finances-vacation-tracking) <!-- 2011/8/4 -->
- [Pete Keen: Program your Finances: Reporting for Fun and Profit](https://www.petekeen.net/program-your-finances-reporting-for-fun-and-profit) <!-- 2011/7/9 -->

### 2010 {#2010}

- [Pete Keen: Program your Finances: Command-line Accounting](https://www.petekeen.net/keeping-finances-with-ledger) <!-- 2010/12/31 estimate -->
- [Christine Spang: [h]ledger rocks my world](http://blog.spang.cc/posts/hledger_rocks_my_world/) <!-- 2010/7/5 -->
<!-- MIA: -->
<!-- - [Roman Cheplyaka: hledger](http://ro-che.blogspot.com/2010/02/hledger.html) 2010 -->
<!-- - [Fabrice Niessen on Ledger, hledger, beancount, CSV2Ledger](http://www.mygooglest.com/fni/ledger.html) 2010 -->

### 2009 {#2009}

- [советы: Ledger — бухучёт в командной строке](http://s.arboreus.com/2009/05/personal-accounting-in-command-line.html) ([english](http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ru&u=http://s.arboreus.com/2009/05/personal-accounting-in-command-line.html)) <!-- 2009/5/15 -->

### 2006 {#2006}

- [Joe Barr: Ledger, the bran muffin of accounting tools](https://www.linux.com/news/ledger-bran-muffin-accounting-tools) <!-- 2006/11/10 -->


