Ryan Leavengood wrote:
> I know we have quite a few consultants in the Ruby world. Does anyone
> have a nice system for generating billable invoices, possibly
> Rails-based, which generates PDF or something of that nature?
> Something they would be willing to share (or already do.) This sure
> would be nice :)
>
> Also something for tracking time which could be tied into the above
> would also be great.
>
> Even if it isn't Rails-based, something automated in Ruby would be
> useful, and PDF sounds like the perfect output format for an invoice.
>
> If the above does not exist, I will be surprised, and maybe I should 
> write it.
>
> Of course if there is some other non-Ruby system which works great for
> this, I wouldn't complain, but Ruby would be nice of course.
>
> Thanks,
> Ryan
>
Hi,

I'm currently working on a project called Miracle Accounts 
(www.miracleaccounts.co.uk) although nothing is there at present. I run 
a small company and I've tried a few different accounting packages. I 
found them to be rather fiddly for my needs and my accountant 
recommended just using Excel. I gave that a try but it was too 
simplistic - so I'm writing my own :)

The idea behind it is simple - an accounting package that does what you 
want without all the fiddly bits. Accounting ala Basecamp :)

If anyone has any ideas that they think such a package should contain - 
then I'm all ears :)

There should be a prototype version online in a couple of days - and I 
will be offering some free accounts for people who fancy giving it a try 
and can help with testing etc :)


Thanks in advance!


Cheers,


Pete