At some point I had to prepare for technical interviews, and my first approach was just dumping everything into docs and rereading it. Pretty quickly I realized it doesn’t really work. You don’t actually test yourself, there’s no fast recall, and asking someone else to quiz you is awkward and time-consuming. So I tried apps like Quizlet and Anki. They’re both solid, but neither really clicked for me. With Quizlet I often felt like I was just recognizing answers instead of actually recalling them, especially with multiple choice. Anki, on the other hand, is super powerful, but I kept bouncing off the interface. It feels like you need to learn the tool before you can start learning your material. So I ended up building something super simple for myself. The core idea is just this flow: a card shows up → you think of the answer → flip it → then swipe it to “correct” or “wrong”. That interaction is actually the main thing. I wanted it to feel smooth and a bit satisfying, almost like a tiny loop you don’t mind repeating. Not just “study”, but something you can keep doing without friction. Right now it’s pretty minimal. You can create decks, run through cards in a shuffled learning mode, and there’s a simple “mistakes practice” where you retry only the cards you got wrong in that session. I also added a way to generate cards from documents with AI. It’s web-based but works nicely on mobile, so you can just swipe through cards. The goal wasn’t to compete feature-by-feature, but to make something that’s easy to start and actually pleasant to use.

Flashdeck

Simple flashcards that actually make you remember

Simple flashcards that actually make you remember