Why Every Developer Should Know About Double-Entry Bookkeeping: And It's Not About Accounting
Last week, I was debugging a payment issue in our fintech app when my colleague mentioned “double-entry ledgers.” I nodded along, pretending I knew what she meant, but honestly? I thought it was just boring accounting stuff. Turns out, I was completely wrong. Double-entry bookkeeping isn’t just an ancient accounting practice — it’s one of the most elegant software architecture patterns for handling money. And every developer building financial systems should understand it. ...