Updates & Improvements

Hey everyone! 👋

UPDATE (11:40 PM): We've successfully completed the maintenance and fixed the plan name bug!

🎉 What We Fixed

Some users were encountering "duplicate entry" errors when saving plans, even if there were no duplicates in their account.

Shoutout to Hamilton1234 for reporting this!

The Problem: The system accidentally blocked different users from having the same plan names (like "My Budget"), instead of only checking for duplicates within each user's account.

The Solution: We've updated the system so that each user can use any plan name they want, while still preventing duplicate plan names within a single account.

✨ What's Changed

• Bug Status: FIXED!
• Completion Time: 11:40 PM
• Your data: 100% safe and intact
• You can now: Save plans with common names without any issues

📢 Next Steps

The site should be working normally now. If you experienced this error before, please try saving your plan again - it should work perfectly!

If anything looks off or you encounter any issues, please let us know! Use the "Submit Feedback" button (usually at the bottom right of your screen or in the website's footer) to contact us directly.

Thank you for your patience as we continue improving Define Your Dollars! 💪

- The Define Your Dollars Team

Hey everyone! 👋

We've got some important updates to share with you, including a critical bug fix that we know has been affecting many of your financial plans.

🐛 Critical Bug Fix - Debt Calculator Accuracy

First and foremost, we need to apologize for a critical bug that has been in the debt calculator for far too long. This bug was causing minimum payments to be double-counted when debts were paid off, leading to inaccurate calculations in your debt payoff plans.

Huge shoutouts to our amazing community members who helped identify and track this issue:

• fallingstar12 and ongalvez and e.r.lybbert who initially brought this to our attention
• iamunmonitored who recently chimed in and brought the concern back up with additional details

We thought we had fixed this issue previously, but thanks to your persistence and detailed feedback, we were able to track down the root cause and eliminate it completely. This bug is now officially squashed! 🎉

All debt calculations should now be 99.99% accurate, ensuring your financial plans are reliable and trustworthy. We sincerely apologize for any confusion or incorrect planning this may have caused.

🎉 What's New & Improved

Enhanced User Experience

• Improved Mobile Interface: Better responsive design for calculator components
• Cleaner Visual Layout: Enhanced spacing and organization throughout the platform
• Better Summary Displays: Improved collapsed summaries with clearer financial breakdowns

Behind the Scenes Improvements

• Comprehensive Testing: Added extensive automated testing to prevent future bugs like this one
• Performance Optimizations: Faster calculations and smoother user experience
• Enhanced Admin Tools: Better support tools for addressing user feedback and issues

🙏 Thank You to Our Community

This fix wouldn't have been possible without our incredible user community. Your feedback, bug reports, and patience are what make this platform better for everyone.

Please keep the feedback coming! If you notice any other bugs or have feature requests, don't hesitate to reach out. Your input directly shapes the future of Define Your Dollars.

📢 What You Need to Do

Good news - nothing! This fix has been automatically applied to all existing plans. Your calculations should now be more accurate than ever.

If you notice any discrepancies in your existing plans or want to double-check your numbers, simply refresh your calculator page and your plan will be recalculated with the corrected logic.

As always, thank you for using Define Your Dollars and for being such an engaged community. Together, we're building the best financial planning tool out there! 💪

Got questions or feedback? We're always listening!

Happy planning! 📊💰

- The Define Your Dollars Team

Today's update tackles a big one—autosave reliability—plus a workflow improvement that should make plan creation smoother.

Fix | What changed

Autosave reliability Back in May, we got reports of autosave not working properly—and in some cases, completely wiping plans! We disabled it by default while we dug deeper. Good news: we believe we've got it sorted and autosave should now work as expected.

Plan creation workflow When you create a new plan, we now auto-select it and start auto-updating right away. Before, you had to remember to create your plan and then manually select it. One less step to worry about.

Spot anything weird?

Hit the Submit Feedback button in the app (attach as many screenshots as you need) at the bottom right of the screen.

Thanks for helping us keep DefineYourDollars sharp!

– The Define Your Dollars Team 💙