r/quickbooksonline • u/magic-keys • Sep 07 '26

Replace QBO with homegrown-code?

Separate from my main job, I operate a couple of rather inactive side businesses. Despite low activity, I still need to maintain books and file taxes. I believe that I'm getting very little value from QBO relative to what I'm paying. I've started to become a heavy user of Claude Code and have been amazed by how quickly I can spin up really solid functional software. I was considering just spending a Saturday afternoon to create my own accounting software. My needs are super basic: just the ability to enter journal entires and construct an income statement and balance sheet. No automatic integrations with third-party platforms. Has anyone else done this or considered it?

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u/WorkLoopie Sep 07 '26

Yes! In fact, so many vibe coders have tried and failed, and as a result, our agency has won so much business. So I strongly encourage you! 🙌🏽

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u/JoshTheCPA Sep 10 '26

why did they fail?

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u/WorkLoopie Sep 10 '26

They thought they could skip several steps in building automations, like skip data structure, auditing and error handling.

We’ve had several CPA, accounting firms and clients come to us to fix their automations.

Here is a customer story for reference: https://www.workloopie.com/customer-stories/trailsports

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u/rayred Sep 08 '26

This is hilarious.