Show HN: I built a flashcard platform that supports latex and code highlighting

memordo.com

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Hi HN!

I'm the university student behind memordo. I built this because I wanted to help my classmates use flashcards, because I believe they genuinely help with retention.

I started from scratch with a blank html document, and now ~600 hours later I have landed on a nuxt/laravel stack. I have learned so much from building out this platform. I have spent a lot of time on the dynamics of public/private decks, checkout: https://memordo.com/app/public/244 to get an idea of the platform.

Anyways I would love to hear what you guys think about this. I myself personally use this tool everyday to review flashcards.

/Morten

I don't mean to discourage you, but what made you build another platform instead of using Anki?

I have tried to introduce my friends to flashcards using Anki but the whole interface and program somehow seemed daunting and outdated for them. So I have tried to build an online platform with a minimalist UI where it is much easier to collaborate and create flashcards.

Does this use a similar algorithm like anki?

It uses the simplest spaced repetition algorithm I think there exists, i.e. a 1-3-7 days interval.. schedule. But you can also just quite easily just study N cards, where you can filter on cards tags/types.

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