Built by People Who Actually Use Budgets
We started Extranodedrive because we were tired of budget software that felt like it was designed by people who never had to track their own expenses. Our team knows what it's like to stare at spreadsheets at midnight, wondering where the money went.
How We Got Here
Every good budget tool has a story. Ours started with a frustrated freelancer, a broken laptop, and way too much coffee.
The Spreadsheet Nightmare
Evander was running a small consulting business from his apartment in Johor Bahru. His budget tracking? A mess of Excel files that crashed more often than his old motorcycle. After losing three months of financial data in one corrupted file, he decided there had to be a better way.
The First Prototype
Working nights after his day job, Evander built the first version of what would become Extranodedrive. It was simple — track income, expenses, and show where your money actually goes. No fancy charts, no complicated categories, just honest budget tracking.
Celestine Joins the Team
Celestine was one of our early users who kept sending detailed feedback emails. Her background in software development and her frustration with existing budget tools made her the perfect addition to our small team. She brought fresh ideas about user experience and data visualization.
Serving Malaysian Businesses
We expanded beyond personal budgets to help small and medium businesses across Malaysia manage their finances better. Our tools now handle multiple currencies, local tax requirements, and the unique challenges of running a business in Southeast Asia.
What Drives Us
These aren't corporate buzzwords written by a committee. They're the principles that guide every decision we make.
Reality Over Perfection
Your budget doesn't need to be perfect — it needs to be real. We build tools that work with your actual financial habits, not some idealized version of how you think you should manage money.
Practical Solutions
We solve problems we actually have. Every feature in our software exists because someone on our team or in our user community needed it to manage their finances better.
Honest Communication
We don't promise magical financial transformations. Good budgeting takes work, and our job is to make that work as straightforward as possible while giving you the insights you need.
The People Behind the Software
Evander Thorne
Founder & Financial Systems Architect
Started building budget tools out of personal necessity after one too many spreadsheet disasters. Spends his free time fixing motorcycles and testing new features with real financial data from local businesses.
Celestine Voss
Lead Product Developer
Joined as our most persistent user before becoming our lead developer. Her focus on user experience comes from managing budgets for three different freelance businesses simultaneously — she knows what works and what doesn't.
Making Budgets Less Terrible
We're not trying to revolutionize finance or disrupt the industry. We just want to build budget software that doesn't make you want to throw your computer out the window. Software that helps you understand your money without requiring a degree in accounting.
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