edylemond's comments

If you're interested in a more visual approach you can try https://traverse.link/ - it's an app I created which has spaced repetition, but really its goal is to cover the whole learning process, so it also has mind mapping and note-taking so you get a big picture view of what you're learning, why reinforcing bottom-up with spaced repetition

I run Traverse (https://traverse.link/) - an app which helps students learn faster using mind maps, flashcards and notes.

It's been running for over 2 years now and provides steady recurring income - I've prioritized continuity over exponential growth. Have reduced operational work to a minimum now so I can spend most of my time working on marketing strategies to make it big ;)

This is an editable template to learn data science skills most companies are looking for (from my 3-year experience in London fintech as a data scientist, and from the self-learning journey leading up to that).

The study content provided in the template is minimal, but you can go as in-depth as you like with the linked resources. The idea is that you study those resources by yourself, and then write down what you learned in your own words, directly into your own copy of the template.

I like to learn with flashcards (especially to memorize common interview questions), so I’ve added some example flashcards to help you get started - you can add your own flashcards or delete them if it isn’t for you.

The template is based around 3 pillars:

- Math & Stats

- Software Engineering & Tools

- Data & Business Communication

The Math & Stats section contains a structured list of recommended topics and principles to learn, with links to relevant resources like Khan Academy videos and the classic books.

The Software Engineering & Tools sections walks through tools to learn (based around the Jupyter-Python-Pandas ecosystem), and links to tutorials, videos, example notebooks and cheat sheets (all created by other fantastic people, I take no credit for the linked resources) to learn Python, Pandas, Scikit-Learn and Matplotlib.

The Data & Business Communication section is the real core of the template, where both of the previous sections come together. It’s shaped after the process for a typical business data science project:

- Data collection

- Data exploration

- Data cleaning & preparation

- Machine learning modeling: here I mention some common models actually used in businesses, like linear+logistic regression, random forests and timeseries forecasting

- Model evaluation

- Reporting & data visualization: focus on creating clear plots here

- Communicating with stakeholders: this is where I go more in depth on communicating your results to business decision makers, and telling a story which a layman can understand

Wish this article had been written a year ago when when I added Anki import to my learning app (https://traverse.link/)!

Especially importing media files and de-renaming them was a pain, as well as handling the different types of cloze deletes (some of this is described quite well in anki's docs, for example here https://docs.ankiweb.net/#/templates/generation)

Another link on their DB structure which saved me a lot of time was this one: https://github.com/ankidroid/Anki-Android/wiki/Database-Stru...

Hi HN,

I created Traverse.link - a learning tool with mindmaps and spaced repetition flashcards.

I built it to solve my struggle of learning Chinese, to be able to communicate with my girlfriend's parents.

I'm aiming to build a learning tool that covers the whole learning process, using effective learning techniques like mindmapping, interlinked notes and spaced repetition.

It's a web app which I hope to monetize through paid subscriptions.

Would love to hear your thoughts and feedback!

So sharing on our platform is simply publishing to make the knowledge available (and learnable with spaced repetition) to anyone with the link. What's the advantage of telegram?

This looks interesting, we've built a spaced repetition app [1] which is based on markdown notes. It can also import Anki apkg files. If I understand correctly it should be possibly to make this compatible with your format. The only thing I don't understand is how the sharing through Telegram comes into play?

[1] https://traverse.link/

Thanks for your feedback. I will add a privacy policy and info about importing/exporting data (which is in fact a feature). However I'm not sure where to add it, do you have any suggestions? The page footer seems like a logical place, but from your comment it seems you were already deterred not being able to find it from the CTA -> signup window. Maybe a small text link from the signup window would work?

Good read! I ran into points 3) "learning out of context" and 6) "missing the big picture" regularly myself when studying with Anki. I created a spaced repetition app [1] which lets you link and nest flashcards (like notes in roam research) to address this. The name of your method suggest it's tied closely to Anki, but from what I read it would work even better with connected notes?

[1] https://traverse.link/

Traverse (https://traverse.link/) - spaced repetition platform for connected knowledge. It's a success even if it can introduce to just a few people to the joy of spaced repetition learning

From the article: "Unfortunately, most spaced repetition interfaces treat each prompt as a sovereign unit, which makes this kind of high-level revision difficult." This is why I've built Traverse (https://traverse.link/), a spaced repetition app with hierarchical and interlinked markdown flashcards, so you study connected knowledge rather than bare facts

I use Traverse.link, a spaced repetition app I'm building, for studying Chinese characters as well as any article or book I'm reading.

Really interesting how you extract cloze deletions from ebooks! It sounds very similar to what I'm building with Traverse.link, a social spaced repetition app with connected cards. You can import an article (working on ebook support), and it'll turn the paragraphs into cards, to which you can then add cloze deletions and free form prompts.

(In Greek mythology Mnemosyne, goddess of memory, is the mother of the muses, goddesses of creativity)

Rote memorization is indeed not very useful, but the memorization of connected knowledge which you can build on top is essential for learning and creativity

Interesting to hear your approach to spaced repetition. I kind of went the other way with Traverse.link, where all 'cards' are interlinked markdown notes, but you have a switch to turn them into flashcards, ie add them to your spaced repetition schedule, and add active recall questions

For illustration, I've turned the linked article into flashcards here https://traverse.link/home/How%20To%20Memorize%20Faster%20Wi...

This is exactly what you can do with Traverse.link (well you'd currently have to put your markdown files into a single JSON but I'm working on that). Your markdown notes then become flashcards, but the twist is every note has a "Remember" switch, which you can simply turn off to remove it from your spaced repetition schedule (without losing the note)

Card creation from stuff you read is one of the problems I'm trying to solve with Traverse.link. It has interlinked notes which can be turned into flashcards (adding active recall questions etc.). You can currently paste a link on a note to convert a web article into cards. We're also working on PDF and EPUB import

Some other alternatives already mentioned but there's also https://traverse.link/ for spaced repetition on connected notes