TL;DR
- @svs built a full accounting system with Claude in one afternoon — imports transactions, categorizes automatically, generates tax reports. Cost: $5/month vs $500-1000 for a bookkeeper.
- @awilkinson uploaded personal finance exports to Claude and found $10,000 in forgotten subscriptions and overspending in one conversation.
- The pattern: Both used existing data + simple questions. No complex setup required.
Two people asked the same question: “Why am I paying so much for this?”
@svs replaced his $1000/month bookkeeper with a $5/month AI system
Three years of bank statements. Multiple currencies. Tax season looming. Instead of hiring help, he spent one afternoon with Claude building a custom accounting system.
It imports his transactions, learns how he categorizes spending, and generates reports — income statements, cash flow analysis, tax projections. Everything a bookkeeper does, running on his laptop.
When tax questions come up, he just asks: “Should I take this payment in December or January?” Claude runs the numbers and tells him which saves more.
The math: $5/month in API calls vs. $500-1000/month for a human bookkeeper.
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@awilkinson found $10,000 in hidden savings in one conversation
Andrew Wilkinson runs multiple companies. His corporate finances get full-time attention. His personal finances? They’d fallen by the wayside.
So he tried something simple: exported his personal finance data and uploaded it to a Claude Project. No complex setup — just “here’s my spending, what am I missing?”
Claude found subscriptions he’d forgotten about, expenses higher than they should be, and tax optimizations that could save hundreds of thousands long-term.
Time spent: one conversation. Money found: $10,000 immediately, potentially much more over time.
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The pattern
Both started with a simple question and data they already had.
No coding required for Andrew — just an upload and a question. A few hours of building for @svs — but he owns the result forever.
The expensive services they replaced weren’t doing anything magical. They were just organizing information humans were too busy to look at themselves.
What are you overpaying for?
