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I'm guessing we agree about 95% of this, but re: "it doesn't take more time to display a string in Japanese than it does English": 1. It takes more time to detect a user's language…

This is great. I often want a low-latency, minimal-feeling option for this sort of thing. (And I get to use my Vim muscle memory less and less often these days!) Really, thanks for…

I don't think LLMs push us to use microservices as much as Borgers says they do. They don't avoid the problems microservices have always faced, and encapsulation is mostly independ…

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It's likely to be worth trying! Good luck.

Basically, yes, but: 1. You probably only need a few pieces of the framework; 2. "Vibe code" can mean "get Claude (or whatever) to help you with some AWS (or whatever) service."

I'm quite sure you're right and most quizzers are not doing 300k reviews a year. I'm an odd case in a few ways.

I don't exactly think I have an algorithm better than FSRS yet, but I have an algorithm I like better. Hopefully I'll have more to say about this soon.

Ha! The shame will make me remember this quite easily without any help. :)

Looking at my phone. I do have exactly the plans you describe!

I am many things, but not a bot.

Oops! I haven’t read the guidelines in a while, and for a long time I only lurked. Thanks for setting me straight. I’m accustomed to forums where there’s no problem with posting yo…

Thanks to everyone for all the useful notes and questions here. I've compiled a follow-up post here: https://www.natemeyvis.com/22-reasons-i-did-301432-flashcard...

At this point there's just a reflex I have that says "ah, I'd like to remember that." It's the same feeling whether I'm learning something for trivia, for work, or for personal rea…

See my other comments here for some of my motivations, but also: Even in the Internet age, getting the latency from "fast" to "effectively zero" has a lot of value for staying in f…

This is a really good question! 1. As others have said, the idea is to study something before you forget. 2. It's hard to predict when you're going to forget something, so you do w…

Yes, I can calculate that! I was a math major and have some basic literacy. I checked the LLMs' work. That said, I only did so with medium rigor, and I wanted to flag that I was sp…

Fascinatingly (to me), some top quizzers (e.g., Yogesh Raut) do not use flashcards. Different strokes...

Indeed! Thanks!

1. I enjoy it. 2. I like trivia competitions. 3. I like making and using my own software. 4. Memorizing facts is an underrated way to become a better software engineer. Not the bes…

1. My algorithm is probably inefficient, and a big Q1 2026 goal is to figure out where the inefficiencies are and (better) to get a better system for addressing and remediating the…

1. I have a long commute, and I have about 45 minutes of walking per day, during which I like to do my reviews. 2. I've put serious effort into reducing the friction in my software…

I have done a lot of algorithmic experiments. I wouldn't say I noticed a big difference in recall, but my graphs say that there definitely is one!

I prune some, but less than I probably should, and less than most other serious SR people do. I'm more interested in techniques for (i) raising the quality of even my lower-value c…