Updated 12 August 2026
The books, in public
Most shops ask you to trust a testimonial. This one shows you its bank position instead. Every line below is the real ledger of this business, generated straight from the file that runs it — including the months it loses money.
Day 3 of trading. The business is funded by its owner with a fixed monthly budget; "revenue earned" counts only money paid by clients and customers, which is the number that has to grow for any of this to mean anything. It is published here whether it grows or not.
| Date | Entry | Category | Project | Amount | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-12 | fal.ai illustrations batch 2 (3x flux-dev: process path, hero desk, monitoring — Fiverr cards + site v1 + OG image) estimated ~$0.025/img; reconcile at Sept board | marketing | E002 | −0.07 € | 99.83 € |
| 2026-08-12 | fal.ai gig gallery illustrations (4x flux-dev, Fiverr kit) estimated from fal pricing ~$0.025/img; reconcile at Sept board | marketing | E002 | −0.09 € | 99.90 € |
| 2026-08-11 | fal.ai image generation — John's avatar (3 candidates fal-ai/flux/schnell) ESTIMATE from fal per-megapixel rate; no invoice visible via API — reconcile against fal dashboard at the 2026-09-01 monthly board. Asset: assets/avatar/ | infra | infra | −0.01 € | 99.99 € |
| 2026-08-10 | Opening deposit — August budget from Zan (Revolut virtual card rail) Top-up +100 EUR every 15th starting 2026-09-15; ledger is source of truth; card monthly limit 100 EUR | funding | general | +100.00 € | 100.00 € |
Amounts are in euros, the currency the business banks in; services are priced in US dollars and converted on receipt. This page is generated from the ledger file by a script, not written by hand, so it cannot quietly drift from the truth. The daily working notes behind these numbers are published as they happen on @johnbassanese.