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“What is the best expense management app?” According to ChatGPT?

“What is the best expense management app?” According to ChatGPT?

It’s been a while since we’ve encountered technology that every industry is talking about. ChatGPT is already changing the way we interact with each other, whether it’s students writing papers for class, marketers writing content for SEO, or people trying to figure out what the best taco is on the west coast. 

That's a wrap! 8 trends and takeaways from ExpensiCon: Bora Bor

That's a wrap! 8 trends and takeaways from ExpensiCon: Bora Bor

ExpensiCon has always been a unique conference experience, but attendees were in for a treat as they descended on the islands of Bora Bora. In addition to the lifelong memories being made, our curated list of guest speakers and roundtable discussions provided everyone with new outlooks and learnings — and that was before attendees had the chance to exchange their own tips and tricks!

Scaling SQLite to 4M QPS on a single server (EC2 vs Bare Metal)

Scaling SQLite to 4M QPS on a single server (EC2 vs Bare Metal)

Expensify has an unusual technology stack in many ways.  For example, we don't use DNS internally — just configuration-managed /etc/hosts files — and it works great.  Similarly, we only make limited use of AWS — instead hosting our own hardware for the web and database layer — and it works great.  But most surprising of all is that we don't use MySQL or Postgres — instead using none other than SQLite — and it works great.

[Q&A] How Expensify helped a bookkeeping newbie manage his company's expenses

[Q&A] How Expensify helped a bookkeeping newbie manage his company's expenses

Expensify customer Hubdoc has (temporarily) handed the bookkeeping reins to a novice – Senior Product Marketing Manager, Geoff Gualano.

As interim bookkeeper at Hubdoc, Geoff has been tasked with learning his way through the company’s bookkeeping tools (including Expensify) and using his fresh perspective to uncover workflow inefficiencies.

Automatically reserve and expense parking with SpotHero + Expensify

Automatically reserve and expense parking with SpotHero + Expensify

If there’s one task as tedious as using spreadsheets to track expenses, it’s trying to find a parking spot when you’re running late for a meeting. SpotHero eliminates that problem by making it easy to reserve parking in advance, so we’ve teamed up so that you can expense your SpotHero reservations with the click of a button.

Duplicate detection will make your expense reports even better

Duplicate detection will make your expense reports even better

Duplicate expenses are a pain for everyone, so we’re finally doing something about it.

[CEO Friday] Please Don’t Call Us “Cockroaches”

I won’t lie: it’s flattering and vindicating for the low-burn, efficient-growth strategies we’ve been championing for years to come into vogue. But “cockroach”?  Seriously?!

The simplest SQLite common table expression tutorial

The simplest SQLite common table expression tutorial

I've been trying to wrap my head around Common Table Expressions for a while, and all the tutorials I've read started out with "simple" examples that were way too advanced for me to follow. Here's my attempt to write a tutorial that starts as simple as possible.

Tracking distance? Now you can select a default category for mileage!

Tracking distance? Now you can select a default category for mileage!

Expensify covers a variety of reimbursable and non-reimbursable expense types. With mileage being such a common form of reimbursable expense, we’ve worked to improve the functionality in order to make it not only easier for the user, but for the admin and for accounting purposes as well. 

Check it out: Our shiny new automatic statement reporting feature is live!

Check it out: Our shiny new automatic statement reporting feature is live!

Howdy from Al and the Success Coaches! I want to take this time to share our newest feature, Automatic (yes, AUTOMATIC) Statement Reporting. Automatic Statement Reporting is a domain control feature that auto-creates and auto-populates a report with expenses for an assigned credit card in a given statement period.

Better money management = more money to manage.

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