Labnotes
Labnotes
I write a weekly email for people in tech.
Tools and products you should know about, tips about UX, management, infosec; random and funny stuff
Every receipt that lands in Expense has to become structured data: merchant, date, amount, category. A language model can do that, but model calls cost money and seconds, so the pipeline is designed around not making them. Most receipts never reach a model. The order goes like this. Text first.
Expense now has a command palette. Press Cmd+K anywhere (Ctrl+K on Windows and Linux) and type what you want to do. Go somewhere, add something, search, export. The mouse is optional. Some of the keys I actually use: * g e expenses, g r reports, g m emails, g
A nosy polar bear and a lucky squirrel: Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2026 shortlist Some wildlife photos for your viewing pleasure. The world is changing. This weekend we got a post about the software industry emulating fast fashion, because AI makes software so cheap to produce. We'll
Most expense apps only auto-import receipts from Gmail accounts. Expense now works with Fastmail — this is how it works, what it gets right, and what it lacks. I built Expense for people who file taxes as individuals — freelancers, self-employed, side hustlers. The pain point is always the same: