mxgrn
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Comment · 10 months ago
Love how easy and intuitive it is to use it! Keep it up, what a great project!
Comment · 10 months ago
I also wanted a frictionless card creation experience, and I didn't want another (mobile) app for that. I'm only using SR for new vocabulary in a foreign language, so I created a multilingual AI-powered Telegram bot [1] that does just that.
Creating a flash card is as simple as sending a word (or expression) you want to learn. The bot takes care of the rest: generates the translation, pronunciation, and examples.
The bot also uses FSRS for SR.
Comment · 1 year ago
> I’ve never seen an AI flow of any kind that meets what would meet the quality of a typical ‘corporate’ acceptable flow. As in, reliably works, doesn’t go crazy randomly, etc.
Jump [1] built a multi-million dollar business exactly on this, a service used by corporations in financial consultancy.
[1] https://jump.ai/
Comment · 1 year ago
For the past couple of years, I've used LLMs for helping me creating flashcards -- and loved it. Initially, I built a very simple desktop tool that would send the LLMs output to a Google spreadsheet, from where Flashcards (an iOS app, [1]) would import them as decks.
After a year or so, I wrapped it up in a Telegram bot, so I could just send a new card or phrase to it, and it would take care of translation, pronunciation, and usage examples. As I'm usually learning several languages in parallel, I also added the automatic language detection (from preselected languages).
Then I randomly found out that FSRS is better than SM2 (which Flashcards uses), and found an Elixir library that implements that. So, I decided to drop both spreadsheets and the Flashcards app, and implement the review process right in my bot.
This is how I ended up with https://lexicorn.ai -- just got my first paying subscriber (yay, I guess). The site doesn't say it, but it's 5 euros/month.
[1] https://apps.apple.com/de/app/flashcards-deluxe/id307840670
Comment · 2 years ago
Yep, a Telegram bot to "track it all": https://t.me/geektrackbot
Comment · 2 years ago
How I'm personally seeing it, the sole reason for burnout is doing stuff you're not enjoying, for too long. Then, the solution I'm trying to follow is to organize my life in such a way that I never feel the pressure of deadlines, as well as any need to communicate with people I dislike.
Comment · 2 years ago
I'm working on a Telegram-based all-in-one personal life tracker.
Apparently, Telegram bots provide functionality that allows creating UI resembling native apps, with the bonus of not having to install anything besides Telegram, as well as not having to ask any app stores for approval. Combined with chat-based UX, it fits perfectly for tracking things.
Comment · 2 years ago
I always liked playing Memory/Concentration with friends, but there was no multiplayer online version of it, so, I wrote my own: https://pairs.one (no registration needed).
Comment · 3 years ago
As if every presenter has the same time all the time.
Comment · 3 years ago
This is a great video for introducing Elixir/BEAM.
Comment · 3 years ago
For deployment I'm using Docker + Github CI + Digital Ocean basic droplets. Docker support is built into Phoenix, all you need is `mix phx.gen.release --docker`.
What I like about it is that upgrading a DO host is basically a matter of spinning off a new droplet and install Docker on it. Also, setting up deployment for a new Phoenix project takes about 30 minutes now.
Socials: - x.com/elixirfun
Interests: Web Development, Startups, Programming, Remote Work, Networking, Hacking, Gaming, Entrepreneurship, Digital Nomad, Mobile Development
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