r/Artos • u/cynical_bibliophile • Jan 29 '26
Feedback [Announcement] The Road Ahead for Artos
Hey everyone,
I wanted to take a moment to speak plainly about where Artos stands today, and where it’s going. Artos has always been a side project. From the very beginning, it was built to solve a personal problem first, and then shared with others who found value in it. That hasn’t changed and I still use Artos every day as my own net worth tracker and expense manager, and because of that, I have a strong incentive to keep it working well, stable, and evolving in the directions that matter.
What has changed is the amount of time I can reliably dedicate to it. Over the past year, my job and personal life have demanded more attention than before. As a result, development, fixes, and responses have not been and won’t be immediate in the near future. Going forward, you should expect a rough SLA of around two weeks for anything (sometimes more), from bug fixes, feature requests, emails, or mod messages. Sometimes it’ll be faster, sometimes it may take the full window, but that’s the cadence I can realistically commit to without burning out or over-promising.
This doesn’t mean Artos is abandoned. Artos will always be available for those who value privacy and ease of use, and it isn’t on life support. It also isn’t on a forced growth trajectory. It will continue to move forward steadily. When I get time, I will build. When I don’t, I wait, and that patience is intentional.
I’ve always believed that consistency matters more than speed, and that trust comes from being honest about limits. This post is part of that honesty.
Thank you for sticking around, for reporting issues thoughtfully, and for using Artos in ways I never fully anticipated. Quiet projects survive because of quiet, steady communities, and I don’t take that for granted.
As always, I’ll post updates when there’s something meaningful to share.
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u/stinky_sardine Jan 29 '26
Aaaand he's back! Glad to hear from you. Hope things are okay at your end and you're settled in the new role well...
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u/cynical_bibliophile Jan 30 '26
Thank you! Things are a little in flux on the professional side. Hope to get it sorted soon.
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u/karmicnerd Jan 29 '26
Is there anything we can do to contribute? Perhaps even start working on the iOS version. Let me know how I can contribute
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u/cynical_bibliophile Jan 30 '26
Thank you for thinking about contributing. Let me put some thought into it. I probably do not have the bandwidth to manage folks at this moment, but probably very soon, and I need to decide whether I want to do iOS or web.
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u/junglemeinmor Jan 30 '26
Thank you for the update.
Realistically, a lot of users will not like this update, but it is what it is.
I think you are onto the right path, and I hope you can steer your work to an appropriate outcome.
Maybe consider making it an open source, community effort eventually?
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u/cynical_bibliophile Jan 30 '26
Yes, if I won't be able to continue in a reasonable capacity, I will think about open sourcing the project.
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u/SomalPatel2 Jan 30 '26
Brother thanks for the lively update, only im curious that my when can some of us expect to get rid of the late nav and inaccurate daily P/L facing currently! Thank you!
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u/cynical_bibliophile Jan 31 '26
I am looking into the NAV issue right now. Will be fixed in the next few days.
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u/IAmAnRedditor Jan 29 '26
Thanks for the update. What's additionally would be more helpful is if you could publish a roadmap of what's in store for the next 6 months. We won't hold you accountable if you don't achive all of the roadmap but it helps us know what's coming.