Last week, we threw down the gauntlet: We’re joining the SaaSpocalypse and picking one of our software subscriptions to replace with a vibecoded substitute.

The people spoke: It’s QuickBooks.

We suspect QB has very few fans. Much like other big platforms (e.g. Jira, and increasingly Zoom), it’s tried to become everything to everyone over years — and ended up completely incomprehensible to anyone. It’s the opposite of an “opinionated product.”

In this new era of frictionless personalized software, its breadth feels like bloat. We simply don’t need all of it!

(And we’re not the only people thinking this. Intuit’s stock has dropped by a third since the beginning of the year.)

In this episode, we dig into what actually would be the perfect bookkeeping software for two guys named Andrew (and maybe you, too). We don’t want to spoil anything, but “Partiful for expense categorization” DID come up.

Next week: We unveil our creation. Stay tuned.

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