📊 Spending + Time Tracking Ledger
Central owner-only ledger for monthly spending over time and project/repository time allocation.
Update monthly during the first week of each new month.
Label unknown values as estimates until verified from GitHub billing.
A) Monthly Spend Summary by Month
| Month |
Total Spend (Actual) |
Monthly Budget Baseline |
Variance |
Data Quality |
Notes |
| April 2026 |
$10 |
$35 |
-$25 |
Partial actual + estimates |
Copilot actual known; other services pending billing |
| May 2026 |
$10 (to update from billing) |
$35 |
-$25 (est.) |
Estimate |
Carry baseline until month-end reconciliation |
B) Monthly Spend by Service Category
| Month |
Service Category |
Budget |
Actual Spend |
Variance |
Notes |
| April 2026 |
GitHub Copilot |
$10 |
$10 |
$0 |
Copilot Pro active |
| April 2026 |
GitHub Actions |
$5 |
$0 |
-$5 |
Estimate — update from billing |
| April 2026 |
GitHub Packages |
$3 |
$0 |
-$3 |
Estimate — update from billing |
| April 2026 |
GitHub Codespaces |
$7 |
$0 |
-$7 |
Estimate — update from billing |
| April 2026 |
Other paid features / reserve |
$10 |
$0 |
-$10 |
Reserve |
| May 2026 |
GitHub Copilot |
$10 |
$10 (expected) |
$0 (est.) |
Update when invoice posts |
| May 2026 |
GitHub Actions |
$5 |
$0 (est.) |
-$5 (est.) |
Update from billing |
| May 2026 |
GitHub Packages |
$3 |
$0 (est.) |
-$3 (est.) |
Update from billing |
| May 2026 |
GitHub Codespaces |
$7 |
$0 (est.) |
-$7 (est.) |
Update from billing |
| May 2026 |
Other paid features / reserve |
$10 |
$0 (est.) |
-$10 (est.) |
Reserve |
C) Monthly Project/Repository Budget Allocation and Actuals
| Month |
Project Group |
Project |
Repository |
Budget Allocated |
Actual Spend |
Variance |
Notes |
| April 2026 |
Hoppe-home |
(add project) |
Hoppe-home/repo-name |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
Add once active |
| April 2026 |
Hoppe-GitHub |
(add project) |
Hoppe-GitHub/repo-name |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
Add once active |
| May 2026 |
Hoppe-home |
(add project) |
Hoppe-home/repo-name |
$0 |
$0 (est.) |
$0 (est.) |
To update |
| May 2026 |
Hoppe-GitHub |
(add project) |
Hoppe-GitHub/repo-name |
$0 |
$0 (est.) |
$0 (est.) |
To update |
D) Time Tracking by Project/Repository Over Time
| Month |
Date |
Source |
Project Group |
Project |
Repository |
Activity Type |
Hours |
Session Ref |
Notes |
| April 2026 |
2026-04-20 |
VS Code |
Hoppe-home |
(add project) |
Hoppe-home/repo-name |
Coding / Planning / Debugging |
0.0 |
Link or short ID |
|
| April 2026 |
2026-04-20 |
Online Chat |
Hoppe-GitHub |
(add project) |
Hoppe-GitHub/repo-name |
Coding / Planning / Debugging |
0.0 |
Link or short ID |
|
| May 2026 |
YYYY-MM-DD |
VS Code / Online Chat |
Hoppe-home / Hoppe-GitHub |
(add project) |
org/repo |
Coding / Planning / Debugging |
0.0 |
Link or short ID |
Add real sessions monthly |
E) Monthly Time Rollup (Hours by Project/Repository)
| Month |
Project Group |
Project |
Repository |
Coding Hours |
Planning Hours |
Debugging Hours |
Total Hours |
| April 2026 |
Hoppe-home |
(add project) |
Hoppe-home/repo-name |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| April 2026 |
Hoppe-GitHub |
(add project) |
Hoppe-GitHub/repo-name |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| May 2026 |
Hoppe-home / Hoppe-GitHub |
(add project) |
org/repo |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
F) Monthly Review Checklist
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