From cebd8a20cd07189f3a73ead6f76a40bae2b8e89e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Simon Michael Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2016 12:09:47 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] nothing is cast in stone; call them practices --- index.html | 2 +- index.md | 2 +- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/index.html b/index.html index 2ee0cb9..aef05fd 100644 --- a/index.html +++ b/index.html @@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ Plain Text Accounting -

In 2003, John Wiegley invented Ledger: a plain text data format and command-line reporting tool for efficient double-entry-style accounting. This idea went viral among software developers and technical folk, and we now have 5+ actively-developed Ledger-likes such as hledger and Beancount, with 40+ add-on tools and an active community. This site was created in 2016 to introduce our tools, documentation, workflows and principles.

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In 2003, John Wiegley invented Ledger: a plain text data format and command-line reporting tool for efficient double-entry-style accounting. This idea went viral among software developers and technical folk, and we now have 5+ actively-developed Ledger-likes such as hledger and Beancount, with 40+ add-on tools and an active community. This site was created in 2016 to introduce our tools, documentation, and practices.

Accounting data is valuable; we want to know that it will be accessible for ever - even without software. We want to know when it changes, and revision-control it. We want to search and manipulate it efficiently. So, we store it as human-readable plain text.

We simplify debits and credits by using signed numbers instead - positive for inflows to an account, negative for outflows from an account.

We define arbitrary account hierarchy to suit our needs. This scales smoothly from simple to complex scenarios, and from high-level overview to fine detail.

diff --git a/index.md b/index.md index 99142c8..ecae85a 100644 --- a/index.md +++ b/index.md @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ This idea went viral among software developers and technical folk, and we now ha 5+ actively-developed **[Ledger-likes](#ledger-likes)** such as hledger and Beancount, with 40+ add-on tools and an active community. This site was created in 2016 to introduce our -tools, documentation, workflows and principles. +tools, documentation, and practices. Accounting data is valuable; we want to know that it will be accessible for ever - even without software.