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Questions and Possible Answers

Questions and Possible Answers

August 16, 2026

 

It is now relatively easy to find knowledge. Many websites provide you with answers in microseconds, replacing the hard work of searching through multiple books and documents. If finding out something is now just as simple as typing in the question into a field, why share the results with others? Can't others do the same thing you did? This can be compared to someone telling you the results of a math computation on a calculator without sharing what they wanted to find out. The answer  "2", is meaningless without context. What is therefore worthwhile to others is the question.

 

Computer software and associated tools are now also easier to use than they were before the year 2020. While not similar, past changes in how we interacted with computers allowed us to solve and build solutions faster than previous generations. From punch cards, command lines, graphical user interfaces to now using natural language, allows us to abstract further the workings of computers and use them to build new products and services quickly. The gap between idea and new reality is sometimes just a simple question typed or spoken into a computer. Are there...? Why can't I...? How do I...? What is...? These questions sometimes end in one command, “create it”. And after a few minutes or hours later what was just a thought is now an application being used by thousands across the world.
 

The inflation calculator(yuthufu.com) started with similar questions and is now used by many visitors to this website from across the world. It took about a month to build 3 years ago. The new tax breakdown calculator(tax.yuthufu.com) was built in one afternoon.
 

This tool is the final result of a few questions on taxes. Where do the taxes we pay go? What is the money spent on? Can we be able to trace it back to my payslip? What would that look like? What would be the source of this data?
 

You can try out the calculator here.

 

tax.yuthufu.com

 

 

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