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Notes from building OmniBooks

2026-01

Why OmniBooks moved off a single PC

OmniFlow OS started as a local desktop app — one file, one machine. OmniBooks rebuilds that same accounting workflow on the web, so your books follow you to your phone instead of staying behind on one computer.

2026-02

Draft vs. Completed: why transactions have a status

Not every transaction is final the moment it's logged. Splitting Draft from Completed lets you record something provisionally — an estimate, a pending payment — without it affecting your Reports until it's confirmed.

2026-03

Keeping Income Tax current instead of reconstructing it later

HMRC's Making Tax Digital push is really about record-keeping habits, not just software. Categorising transactions as you go is what makes year-end (or quarterly reporting, eventually) a non-event.