Ruiyang Zhang

Ruiyang Zhang

Maker · Founder of Ryonix Labs

About

I'm an engineer and product owner building small, sharp software products for learning and finance. Right now the focus is retention and mastery — Memdora (turn anything you read into spaced-repetition flashcards), Belletra (French literature, one line a day, taken apart word by word), and Couplet (finish a topic and actually know it) — plus Brier, a flight simulator for trading judgment. Background: 12 years across automotive, finance, web3, AI, and gaming, an M.S. in CS from UT Austin, and CFA/ASA charters. I like shipping fast, keeping scope tight, and hearing directly from the people who use what I build — say hi.

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Tastemaker
Tastemaker
Gone streaking
Gone streaking

Maker History

  • Couplet
    CoupletFinish real topics and actually speak the language
    Jul 2026
  • Belletra
    BelletraLearn a language through its greatest literature.
    Jul 2026
  • 🎉
    Joined Product HuntApril 27th, 2026

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Which language should Couplet build next — and what topic would you actually use?

Hey everyone

Couplet is a learn-by-ear language app. Each deck distills a real situation ordering dinner, asking directions, a phone call down to the handful of phrases that do ~90% of the work, so you can finish it and actually walk away knowing them.

One quirk people either love or find weird: you hear the English first. In that beat before the native line, your brain reaches for the phrase itself then the answer lands as confirmation or correction. That tiny act of trying-then-comparing is what makes it stick.

French and Japanese are live today with 1,000+ topics. Two questions for you:

Belletra launches Thursday — learn a language through its greatest literature

Hey Product Hunt

I'm Ruiyang, the solo founder behind Belletra an app that teaches you a language through one sentence of great literature per day.

Instead of flashcards and streaks, you get a line from Verlaine, Hugo, or Villon taken apart word by word, with etymology, grammar, and the literary insight behind why that writer chose that exact phrasing.

We launch Thursday July 24th. Would love any feedback or questions before then.

7h ago

Belletra - Learn a language through its greatest literature.

One sentence of great literature per day, taken apart word by word. Etymology, grammar, the precise reason writers reached for these words — not the language that merely gets you by. Belletra opens with French. More languages coming soon.
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