How to Remember Anything Forever-ish

[anitil]

I can't recommend anki enough for people interested in this.

[romwell]

Other relevant spaced repetition discussions on HN:

[0]https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17706776

[1]https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17846356

[2]https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13151790

[3]https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6461936

[4]https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14155074

[5]https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11408447

[6]https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17460513

etc.

TL;DR: You learn better if you revisit the material in exponentially-increasing time intervals. This can be automated.

SuperMemo is the original software (by the inventor of the technique). Anki is the recommended free alternative.

[qnsi]

So... I am curious. I used Anki a lot for learning languges, but I never used it for programming.

Can anyone recommend it for learning syntax?

I am going to give it a try

Edit: Googling on hackernews actually gives some previous discussions. One of those: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10247471

[andy32j3b]

Nice article, for tho's who wants to know more about the art of memory, there is a nice video that explains clearly that in TED https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQKt58kuEnk

[fiveFeet]

That is awesome! Very engaging, informative and useful!

[RickJWagner]

I agree. I find an article like this very useful. Glad I saw it!