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Thanks. Both Mandarin and Cantonese are shown under "Chinese". I'm working on improving the classification, so that each podcast's language is shown more accurately.

A different (better?) way to see this is at https://www.levels.fyi/heatmap/ with "CoL Adjustment" enabled.

Great work, I had a similar need, and built a similar app (using podcasts) [1]

I originally planned to add some kind of SRS to it, but I found that I learned much better just reading things in context instead of explicitly using SRS to memorize them. Steve Kaufmann (creator of LingQ) explains this better here [2]

[1] https://www.langturbo.com

[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t26IPxExmzs

Same, happy new year.

I made a language learning app.

https://www.langturbo.com

It's a web app, working on native mobile apps.

I immediately thought of Docker Swarm. Naming things is one of the hardest problems in computer science.

Genexus is placed on Argentina, but the company is from Uruguay.

Shameless plug, I made an app to discover podcasts by spoken language: https://www.langturbo.com

I'm building a language learning app based on podcasts and I used "The Podcast Index" first but, as I understand, The Podcast Index is not currently scraping Apple and many of the podcasts in their index are dead. For better or worse Apple podcasts is the "de facto" index of podcasts, so I had to build my own podcast index based on itunes data.

You can see a comparison of the different indexes (indices?) at https://podcastindustryinsights.com/

Sure. So the main idea is:

1) You find podcasts about topics you care about

2) You listen and read and try to understand the meaning with the help of translations and the definitions in context of the words in the sentence. (You can click each word to get a definition in context)

3) Over time you mark words as known

That's basically it. You learn with context using content you are interested in. I'm working on adding a SRS to the app and a feature to improve your pronunciation using the language shadowing technique.

And as mentioned, building native iOS and Android apps.

Building a language learning app. https://langturbo.com

Currently focusing on building native apps using React Native. Finding limitations with the platform and considering dropping the whole thing and start building with Swift and Kotlin instead.

Netflix made tv series about Clark Olofsson called "Clark"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDuKaZkWClA

Beware of buying some starter kit to do the job for you. You may end up spending more time massaging the starter kit to fit your use case vs. starting from scratch on your own.

You mention you work with frontend engineering and design, so I'll assume you will be more familiar with a Javascript stack.

The easiest way to get started these days is to use Supabase + Nextjs, using a free template like https://vercel.com/templates/next.js/subscription-starter (this is a very lightweight starter, not like the commercial ones)

Also, consider using LemonSqueezy instead of Stripe, read about what a "merchant of record" is and evaluate if you need it. It can save you a tax headache down the road.

I just use a Google doc with bullet points of things to do, with some notes below each bullet point. I've tried other things like Github issues and I always come back to this.

I prefer a Google doc vs. a plain text file because I get a revision history for free.

HIIT fits the bill https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-intensity_interval_traini...

I also suffer from migraines and I was also afraid of caffeine, but I found that it helps me actually. As most people with migraines I have a diary, I know that when I drink coffee right after I start feeling a migraine it usually stops the migraine very fast. So for you reading with migraines, give coffee a try.

I'm building a language learning app for intermediate language learners.

https://www.langturbo.com

I'm learning Swedish and I found out that there are not many intermediate to advanced resources. Most language learning apps focus on beginners (rightly so, that's where the money is) so I built this first for me, but now I also have a paying users and people seem to like it.

Some new features I'm planning are SRS integration and pronunciation training with the "shadowing" technique.

Challenges: focusing too much on trying out new tech and finding a fair price point (still figuring this out)

It has been historically low in Sweden. Last time 55% voted in the EU election while 82% voted in the Swedish election.

I was first intrigued by the system files in windows 95, and why they were there. I discovered that they were using some weird text (HTML, js, XML) to show some fancy stuff on windows explorer and I started changing those files and seeing how they affected windows explorer.

Then I think I probably discovered some .vba files and became interested in that. I remember my first "real" language was visual basic 5 or 6.

I haven't used windows in more than 20 years (how time flies :)) but windows 95 will always have a special place in my heart.

Nice. Why was this tested with a 15 min video instead of an audio file? or is it a typo on the graph?

Nice! I made a very similar app, but with podcasts and Youtube channels instead of books. https://www.langturbo.com

Same here. For reference https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonov_An-225_Mriya#Destructi...

Thanks for taking the time to write your "rant". It was informative.

As someone also building a SaaS, it's always nice to read this type of information. Subscribed to your newsletter :)

This is amazing. My first thought was about the potential for abuse. Deepfakes will be more realistic than ever.

Also, nicely timed to overshadow the Google Gemini 1.5 announcement.

As others mentioned, start with something you need. I was looking for a language learning tool for intermediate language learners, it didn't exist with the features I wanted, so I built one with me as the first user.

I built a language learning tool [1] that uses LLMs to get word definitions in the context of a sentence, among other features I'm planning to release.

I'm using modal.com as the backend for the AI related micro services.

[1] https://www.langturbo.com

Thanks, I'm not a designer by trade. It was inspired by a design trend I like: "neo brutalism"

Agreed, I am also working on a react native app for iOS and Android. I decided to release it on the web first to avoid the extra cut Apple and Google will take and to iterate faster on a single platform, but as you mention, most people expect to have a native app for these B2C apps.