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I am building Primer. :) https://www.primerlabs.io https://www.primerlabs.io You can checkout the documentation part for images/gifs to learn how it works. B

by ai_ia 8y ago

I am building Primer. :) https://www.primerlabs.io https://www.primerlabs.io You can checkout the documentation part for images/gifs to learn how it works. Bit late on schedule, but working hard to release soon. Made a video about the same explaining the interface. https://youtu.be/acTdwGV0s9I https://youtu.be/acTdwGV0s9I P.S. The landing page is a horrible experience on mobile. My bad.

RSchaeffer 8y ago
Are you hiring? This looks interesting
- ai_ia 8y ago
  Thank you. TBH, I have been full-time working on it alone since last year Jan. Left job and moved back to parents place. Cannot afford hiring anyone as I am basically broke. Planning to bootstrap. Thank you once again.
  - toomuchtodo 8y ago
    You might consider exploring obtaining a grant or funding from the Gates Foundation. Education improvement is one of their foundation's core targets.
    - ai_ia 8y ago
      Not sure if they give out grants to for-profit organisations. Will check it out. Thanks.
      - perfmode 8y ago
        You’d be surprised!
gridspy 8y ago
Looks exciting. Make sure you post it back here when there are a couple of tracks to follow. Good choices for your first tracks.
- ai_ia 8y ago
  Thank you. Sure thing. I have taken reference from here https://teachyourselfcs.com https://teachyourselfcs.com
surajs 8y ago
Hey! this looks like something within my wheelhouse. Let me know if you need help with content/design/development. I'd love to be a part of this story.
- ai_ia 8y ago
  Thank you Suraj. Will definitely connect with you once I release the beta.
justinclift 8y ago
Guess it's not going to be OSS?
- ai_ia 8y ago
  If you are referring the course content creation. Well, I have thought about it. In the initial stages, No. You would want to have control over the content to 1. Update / Iterate it faster 2. Sense of continuity when switching from one course to successive one. One of the problem, I have personally felt is the abundance of video based courses for a single topic. And none whatsoever for a deeper topic. When you jump from one video-based course to another, then you either feel there is a bit of overlap or a bit of skip of content. This is due to different university teaching style and syllabus. Self-learning online today, basically feels a bit disorganized. You need to scourge through the entire internet to find good resources. A lot of people have created wonderful platforms ("awesome" repos, Learn-anything.xyz etc) to curate those resources and my experience has been opposite when I encounter these resources. I need one good resource, not 10+ resources to learn about a topic. And when I do complete a course, I feel I am missing out by not completing other good resource. This might be only a personal experience though. The D.R.Y. Principle I wrote in the website, basically means, you don't need to waste effort studying something you have already covered. The teaching style will be uniform. And you can scale deeply. Kind of a like an endless book that keeps on adding new updated things for you to learn more. It is easier when you are in charge of course creation. That being said, all the Course Notebooks, will be available free for everyone. Anyone can read what Primer is trying to teach without spending a penny. Also, I don't have a fixed plan. Everything is based on this hypothesis that Conversational Learning is better for self-studying than video based courses. Given we are able to prove by putting Computer Science Resources by the end of the year, then we can discuss about what would be the best way forward. Hope it makes sense.
  - justinclift 8y ago
    > You would want to have control over the content ... Ahhh. Personally, I tend to think of OSS as not really taking away control of stuff, as more enabling interested people to collaborate and get involved. eg surajs below seems like a potential candidate That being said, it's not the only way to enable such collaboration. :)
Vaskivo 8y ago
Is that a Diamond Age reference? (the Neal Stephenson book)
- ai_ia 8y ago
  Yep. If you check the parent comment, I posted in reply to this comment. > It really feels like we're on the cusp of a textbook similar to the Primer in Neal Stephenson's 'The Diamond Age: Or, A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer'.
embleton 8y ago
I have a 5 yo if you need test subjects!
- ai_ia 8y ago
  I think you meant sarcastically for the part I wrote in the documentation. What I meant was giving an accessible path for college level physics for anyone who wants to learn on their own. Currently video based courses and textbooks don't do that. I believe curiosity driven learning is more efficient when learner is excited and resources are there to aid the learner.
EmmaMuhleman1 8y ago
Wow, I checked out primerlabs.io and I'm not sure about the competition, but if non-existent or small this could be the next Facebook. I would like to learn more, I work in venture capital. Emma Muhleman - please touch base u can find me on LinkedIn
- ai_ia 8y ago
  > this could be the next Facebook. :o I will be contacting. Thanks for taking time to go through the web site. :)

by ai_ia 8y ago

RSchaeffer 8y ago

Are you hiring? This looks interesting

ai_ia 8y ago
Thank you. TBH, I have been full-time working on it alone since last year Jan. Left job and moved back to parents place. Cannot afford hiring anyone as I am basically broke. Planning to bootstrap. Thank you once again.
- toomuchtodo 8y ago
  You might consider exploring obtaining a grant or funding from the Gates Foundation. Education improvement is one of their foundation's core targets.
  - ai_ia 8y ago
    Not sure if they give out grants to for-profit organisations. Will check it out. Thanks.
    - perfmode 8y ago
      You’d be surprised!

gridspy 8y ago

Looks exciting. Make sure you post it back here when there are a couple of tracks to follow. Good choices for your first tracks.

ai_ia 8y ago
Thank you. Sure thing. I have taken reference from here https://teachyourselfcs.com https://teachyourselfcs.com

surajs 8y ago

Hey! this looks like something within my wheelhouse. Let me know if you need help with content/design/development. I'd love to be a part of this story.

ai_ia 8y ago
Thank you Suraj. Will definitely connect with you once I release the beta.

justinclift 8y ago

Guess it's not going to be OSS?

ai_ia 8y ago
If you are referring the course content creation. Well, I have thought about it. In the initial stages, No. You would want to have control over the content to 1. Update / Iterate it faster 2. Sense of continuity when switching from one course to successive one. One of the problem, I have personally felt is the abundance of video based courses for a single topic. And none whatsoever for a deeper topic. When you jump from one video-based course to another, then you either feel there is a bit of overlap or a bit of skip of content. This is due to different university teaching style and syllabus. Self-learning online today, basically feels a bit disorganized. You need to scourge through the entire internet to find good resources. A lot of people have created wonderful platforms ("awesome" repos, Learn-anything.xyz etc) to curate those resources and my experience has been opposite when I encounter these resources. I need one good resource, not 10+ resources to learn about a topic. And when I do complete a course, I feel I am missing out by not completing other good resource. This might be only a personal experience though. The D.R.Y. Principle I wrote in the website, basically means, you don't need to waste effort studying something you have already covered. The teaching style will be uniform. And you can scale deeply. Kind of a like an endless book that keeps on adding new updated things for you to learn more. It is easier when you are in charge of course creation. That being said, all the Course Notebooks, will be available free for everyone. Anyone can read what Primer is trying to teach without spending a penny. Also, I don't have a fixed plan. Everything is based on this hypothesis that Conversational Learning is better for self-studying than video based courses. Given we are able to prove by putting Computer Science Resources by the end of the year, then we can discuss about what would be the best way forward. Hope it makes sense.
- justinclift 8y ago
  > You would want to have control over the content ... Ahhh. Personally, I tend to think of OSS as not really taking away control of stuff, as more enabling interested people to collaborate and get involved. eg surajs below seems like a potential candidate That being said, it's not the only way to enable such collaboration. :)

Vaskivo 8y ago

Is that a Diamond Age reference? (the Neal Stephenson book)

ai_ia 8y ago
Yep. If you check the parent comment, I posted in reply to this comment. > It really feels like we're on the cusp of a textbook similar to the Primer in Neal Stephenson's 'The Diamond Age: Or, A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer'.

embleton 8y ago

I have a 5 yo if you need test subjects!

ai_ia 8y ago
I think you meant sarcastically for the part I wrote in the documentation. What I meant was giving an accessible path for college level physics for anyone who wants to learn on their own. Currently video based courses and textbooks don't do that. I believe curiosity driven learning is more efficient when learner is excited and resources are there to aid the learner.

EmmaMuhleman1 8y ago

Wow, I checked out primerlabs.io and I'm not sure about the competition, but if non-existent or small this could be the next Facebook. I would like to learn more, I work in venture capital. Emma Muhleman - please touch base u can find me on LinkedIn

ai_ia 8y ago
> this could be the next Facebook. :o I will be contacting. Thanks for taking time to go through the web site. :)