The Billable Blog
Money, made simple for a business of one.
Practical, no-fluff guides on invoicing, pricing, cash flow, taxes and keeping the money side of your solo business in order.
Expense Tracking Comes to Billable
Billable has always shown you the money coming in. Now it shows you the money going out too: snap a receipt, log the cost in any currency, and export a clean summary whenever you need it.
Remote Work Habits That Actually Hold Up for Software Engineers
Remote work rewards output, not hours at a desk — but only if you build the structure yourself. The habits that keep a solo or contract engineer shipping, sane, and able to prove where the day went.
The Best Places to Work From as a Remote Software Engineer
Home office, coworking desk, café, library, or a different country entirely — every remote workspace trades money, focus and reliability against each other. A practical ranking for engineers who bill for their output.
Contracts for Clients You'll Never Meet
When the whole relationship happens over email and video calls, the contract is the only handshake you get. What to put in writing before you start work for a client on the other side of the world.
The Real Cost of Working From Home
Working remotely isn't free just because you skipped the commute. A clear-eyed look at the expenses a home-based solo business quietly absorbs — and how to build them into your rate instead of your stress.
A 20-Minute Monthly Money Review for Solo Businesses
Most solo businesses only look at their numbers when something's already wrong. A short, fixed monthly review turns that around — here's a simple checklist you can run in twenty minutes and actually keep up.
Export All Your Data, Whenever You Want
Everything you've put into Billable — invoices, clients, time, contractors, the lot — is yours to take out as plain CSV, one file per type, downloaded on the spot. No support ticket, no waiting, no lock-in.
Kill Fees: Getting Paid When a Project Gets Cancelled
A client cancels halfway through, and suddenly the work you'd blocked out and partly delivered is worth nothing. A kill fee fixes that — here's how it works and how to write one clients will happily agree to.
A Fairer Price for the Way Freelancers Actually Earn
We're cutting Billable to $9 a month. Here's the thinking — freelance income comes in waves, and the tools you rely on shouldn't cost the same as a good month when you're having a quiet one.
Handling Scope Creep Without Losing the Client
Scope creep rarely arrives as one big demand. It's a run of small, reasonable-sounding asks that quietly turn a profitable job into a loss. Here's how to hold the line without becoming the difficult freelancer.