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Re: Show HN: Flash Notes – Flashcards for Your Notes, LLM, iOS/macOS Sync

#11
I've been working on a similar idea for Obsidian and the obsidian-spaced-repetition plugin: https://github.com/crybot/obsidian-flashcards-llm

It's not intended to work with Anki, as I meant it to be used directly within obsidian. There's still a lot of work to do and I don't really have much time right now, but it's already quite usable if you have an openAI API key. Btw if anyone is interested in contributing he's more than welcome.

Re: Show HN: Flash Notes – Flashcards for Your Notes, LLM, iOS/macOS Sync

#13
post #9

Been doing the same with Anki and Obsidian. E.g. via https://github.com/ObsidianToAnki/Obsidian_to_Anki Using it for languages and IT certs mainly. I wouldn't want to manage flash cards separately, so getting them from notes is great. Nice to see something more polished and mainstream for this workflow.

Thank you. I'll keep polishing the UX :)

Re: Show HN: Flash Notes – Flashcards for Your Notes, LLM, iOS/macOS Sync

#14
post #8

This is neat. Beating myself up for not thinking that this is a great use of LLM before!

I did think of it, but my opinion is that part of the value of the flashcard for spaced repetition is in creating the card, i.e by doing the work for creating the card, you lay down the first set of tracks in your brain that the spaced repetition will deepen.

YMMV, I expect maybe other people will still find value in this.

Re: Show HN: Flash Notes – Flashcards for Your Notes, LLM, iOS/macOS Sync

#15

have not tried your app yet but looked at the website and wanted to give you this feedback: the text on the website screams GPT and is off-putting. Why not write what you wrote here, it is much more relatable.

Noted. Bumping in the backlog. Culprit is prioritisation of the app over the website. The single dev dilemma...

Re: Show HN: Flash Notes – Flashcards for Your Notes, LLM, iOS/macOS Sync

#16
post #14
post #8

This is neat. Beating myself up for not thinking that this is a great use of LLM before!

I did think of it, but my opinion is that part of the value of the flashcard for spaced repetition is in creating the card, i.e by doing the work for creating the card, you lay down the first set of tracks in your brain that the spaced repetition will deepen. YMMV, I expect maybe other people will still find value in this.

I agree; hence, the generated cards are starting with lower score. While the typed ones are awarded a higher score.

Re: Show HN: Flash Notes – Flashcards for Your Notes, LLM, iOS/macOS Sync

#20
Installed on my phone and mac, looking great so far!

I'm currently learning Hindi and have been taking notes in the class. This is a great opportunity to make flashcards out of them!

Edit: a quick bug report: it duplicated all the examples

Edit 2: it crashes when you type बे (type ब then add an "e")

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