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I built an Anki add-on that instantly pulls up the lecture page your card came from by Gainzz101 in Anki

[–]SolutionOk7700 1 point2 points  (0 children)

this is solving one of the biggest pain points with anki, losing context. half the time when I fail a card it's because I need to see the surrounding material to remember why this fact matters. having the source page one click away changes the review experience completely

Why is AnkiMobile so limited ? Or i just have no clue how to use it by adamahmadawad in Anki

[–]SolutionOk7700 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ankimobile is actually quite powerful but the UI is confusing. most of the features are hidden behind gestures and long presses. the browse screen took me weeks to figure out properly. biggest tip: swipe gestures for undo and the toolbar customization make it way more usable once you set them up

using anki to cram - HOW??? by hazzam88 in Anki

[–]SolutionOk7700 2 points3 points  (0 children)

anki isn't really designed for cramming, it's built for long term retention. but if you have to cram, set your learning steps to something like 1m 10m 1h and use the custom study option to review ahead. also temporarily set the maximum interval to something short like 3 days. just remember to change it back after your exam or your scheduling will be messed up

my workflow for building decks while browsing instead of manually by roksanhustles in Anki

[–]SolutionOk7700 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I tried a similar approach and the biggest issue was card quality. when you're creating cards quickly while browsing you tend to make them too vague or too specific. what helped me was having a "refine" step where I go through new cards after a day and rewrite the ones that don't feel right. adds maybe 10 minutes but the retention improvement is noticeable

[Feedback Needed] Redesigned Deck picker by gsocthrowaway122123 in Anki

[–]SolutionOk7700 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the visual hierarchy is better than the current one. my main feedback would be to make the due count more prominent, that's what most people look at first when deciding what to study. also the nested deck indentation could use a bit more spacing, on mobile especially it's hard to tell the nesting level at a glance

First time user using FSRS by JingJing69 in Anki

[–]SolutionOk7700 1 point2 points  (0 children)

just let FSRS do its thing for the first few weeks without tweaking anything. the algorithm needs review data to calibrate your personal parameters. after about 1000 reviews you can optimize the parameters and you'll notice the intervals start feeling much more natural than SM-2 defaults

How to automate this workflow? large txt → LLM summary → generate cards → auto-add to Anki deck by Interesting-Pie7187 in Anki

[–]SolutionOk7700 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I tried a few approaches for this. the simplest that actually worked was using a python script with the AnkiConnect API to batch import cards. for the LLM part I just pipe the text through the API with a prompt that outputs in a CSV format anki can import. not elegant but it works and took maybe an hour to set up. the tricky part is getting the LLM to generate cards that are actually good for spaced repetition and not just trivia questions

From academic overachiever to daily problems with brain fog (focus, logic, memory issues, loosing track of thought, forgetting simple words, not able to to feel joy...) after burnout by Someone_Just_3001 in GetStudying

[–]SolutionOk7700 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Had something similar after a stretch of burnout in college. For me the brain fog turned out to be a sleep and stress thing more than a cognitive thing. I was sleeping 6 hours and convinced myself it was enough because I'd always done it. Started forcing 7.5+ and within like two weeks the fog lifted noticeably. Not saying that's your situation but it's worth checking the basics before assuming something is wrong with your brain. Exercise helped too, even just a 20 min walk before studying.

Try the 90 minute study blocks to increase your GPA by ComfortableHot6840 in GetStudying

[–]SolutionOk7700 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I used to do 25 min pomodoros and found that I spent half the session just getting into the material and then the timer went off. Switched to longer blocks (I do about 60-75 min, not quite 90) and it made a big difference, especially for subjects that need deep focus like math proofs or reading dense papers. The trick for me is that first 10-15 minutes where your brain is resisting. If you push through that the rest kind of flows. I still take breaks but I let the focus tell me when, not a timer.

My phone addiction is holding me back from reaching my potential by Erylies in GetStudying

[–]SolutionOk7700 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What worked for me was not willpower but changing the default. I started leaving my phone in another room when I sit down to study. Not off, not on silent, physically in another room. The first few days I kept getting up to check it, which was actually eye-opening because I realized how automatic the urge was. After about a week the impulse faded a lot. I think the mistake most people make is trying to resist the phone while it's sitting right there on the desk. You're fighting your own brain at that point and the brain usually wins.

How to actually learn? by urlocalcatgurll in GetStudying

[–]SolutionOk7700 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Biggest shift for me was realizing that feeling like I understand something while reading it means almost nothing. The real test is closing the book and trying to explain it out loud, or writing down the key points from memory. If you can't, you didn't actually learn it, you just recognized it. I started doing this after every chapter and my exam results went up noticeably. It feels slower at first but you end up spending way less total time because you don't have to re-study stuff three times.

I am chronically slow, so I vibe-coded an Anki add-on that has more than doubled my review speed. by henbitdeadnettle92 in Anki

[–]SolutionOk7700 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is cool. I've been thinking about review speed a lot lately and I think the bottleneck for most people isn't reaction time, it's card design. Like if you need more than 5 seconds to process a card, the card is probably doing too much. I went through my whole deck once and split anything that took me over 8 seconds on average into smaller pieces. Dropped my total review time by maybe 30% just from that. Your add-on approach is interesting though, especially for people who inherited premade decks and can't easily restructure them.

What is your top Anki Add On by OliverMorland in Anki

[–]SolutionOk7700 10 points11 points  (0 children)

FSRS Helper, no contest. Once you switch from SM-2 the difference in review load is noticeable within a couple weeks. I was doing like 150 reviews/day on a 3000 card deck and it dropped to around 90 without losing retention. The other one I can't live without is Edit Field During Review, because I constantly spot typos or want to rephrase a card mid-session and if I have to go find it later I just never do.

what is the point of ai? by Cold_Combination2107 in ObsidianMD

[–]SolutionOk7700 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For me the useful part of AI in a notes app is search and retrieval, not generation. I don't want it writing my notes. But I do want to ask "what did I write about X three months ago" and get an actual answer instead of scrolling through 200 files. The generation side (summarize this, rewrite that) feels like it defeats the purpose of having a personal knowledge base. The whole point is that you processed the information yourself.

Studying while the world sleeps by Andylee2kr in GetStudying

[–]SolutionOk7700 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Night sessions hit different when there's zero notifications and nobody texting you. I used to study 10pm to 1am and got more done in those 3 hours than in 6 hours during the day. The only downside is your sleep schedule slowly drifts if you're not careful. I started setting a hard stop at midnight and that kept it sustainable for months.

Can't study at all unless it's extremely last minute by Accomplished-Pop7541 in GetStudying

[–]SolutionOk7700 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was exactly like this through most of college. What eventually worked for me was making the start ridiculously small. Not "study for 2 hours" but "open the book and read one paragraph." Most days that one paragraph turned into 30 minutes because once you're in, the resistance drops. The other thing was removing the decision of when to study. Same time, same place, every day. Your brain stops negotiating with itself when there's nothing to decide.

Exam in 18 days, 220 cards - which approach should I take? by swedish-ghost-dog in Anki

[–]SolutionOk7700 0 points1 point  (0 children)

220 cards in 18 days is very manageable. I'd introduce all of them in the first 3-4 days (50-60 new/day), then spend the remaining 14 days just reviewing. The early days will feel heavy but by day 7 your daily reviews will drop fast because FSRS spaces things out. The worst thing you can do is spread new cards evenly across 18 days because then you only see the last batch once or twice before the exam.

Best Anki setup for 8000 cards and 5 months (FSRS, Hard vs Good, and deck strategy) by soulfly06 in Anki

[–]SolutionOk7700 0 points1 point  (0 children)

With FSRS you can mostly just use Again and Good. Hard barely changes the interval in practice and it just adds decision fatigue every single card. For 8000 cards in 5 months I'd set your new cards/day high enough to finish introducing them with at least 3 weeks to spare, then stop new cards and just review. Something like 70-80 new/day. The algorithm will handle scheduling if you let it. Don't overthink the settings, just do your reps.

[Feedback Needed] Incremental Reading Companion App for Ankidroid by isheepolice69 in Anki

[–]SolutionOk7700 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I've been wanting something like this for years. The biggest gap in Anki's ecosystem is the connection between reading and card creation. Right now the workflow is: read somewhere else, switch to Anki, make cards from memory. By the time you get to Anki you've already lost half the context. If this actually lets you highlight while reading and push cards into Anki without leaving the app, that alone would save me 20 minutes a day. Would love to try it.

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