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I use Anki the exact same way. After a lifetime of learning I have accepted that I will never read over anything I write for myself voluntarily - so my two options are:

1. Write an article so good I can publish it and look it over myself later on online. I did this last year with https://andrew-quinn.me/fzf/, for example.

2. Create Anki cards out of the material. Use the builtin Card Browser or even https://datasette.io/ on the underlying SQLite database in a pinch to search for my notes any time I have to.

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If your interested, I’m creating a free Anki clone with a focus on code snippets and LaTeX support: https://pohtia.com

I find Anki’s UI so clunky for technical notes!

That looks really nice! However, for me a flashcard app is one of the apps where I don't want to use commercial offerings if the source code isn't available as well. It involves just too much set up time to have it vanish one day.

Thank you!

I totally agree with the idea of having it all vanish. I’m still building it out, but I’m working towards an ‘eject button’ where you can download all of your notes into a CSV and get out of dodge if you choose!

This won't really help. The point of an SRS is the scheduling information. Even then, you may not have a compatible system to make use of the scheduling info. The switching cost is immense, and I would personally need an ironclad guarantee that the tool cannot be taken from me, such as by having the source code. Never going to be using a non-self hosted SaaS for this, sorry. There is a lot to dislike about Anki but the good thing is it will be only taken from my cold dead hands.

I'll give it a test run :) I probably will not be a convert, but I love seeing people spin up new SRSes. It's a surprisingly vast design space, and Anki is pretty maximalist within it.

Pohtia also means to ponder in Finnish, not just Norwegian, fun fact!

Oops! Hahaha!

And thank you for the encouragement!

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Very surprising… never thought this this way. How can you guy even thought of this. Using anki for language learning and latex, vim … how can this even occur to your mind … really wonder.

I actually did use Anki for Vim, lol. I started by putting the tips in Practical Vim in, then a few easy Vim Golf questions to remember how to do some advanced maneuvers.

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