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I went rather deep into ankification of computer science - 5500 cards deep. I've written up my experiences as a series of articles here for anyone interested h

I went rather deep into ankification of computer science - 5500 cards deep. I've written up my experiences as a series of articles here for anyone interested https://www.jackkinsella.ie/articles/janki-method https://www.jackkinsella.ie/articles/janki-method

yeutterg 6y ago
Hey Jack, I've always found your Anki guides to be some of the best. I'm curious, are you still using it all these years later?
- semicolonandson 6y ago
  As someone who is now over a decade into their programming career, today I find more value in doing analytical breakdowns of my various success and mistakes. What were my oversights on a project? How could I have communicated better? What made one particular library a success, etc.? Therefore, after years of Anki, I've stopped adding new cards and doing repetition; instead I now focus on keeping a code diary. I've published the first couple of hundred entries here so you can see what this entails: https://www.semicolonandsons.com/code_diary https://www.semicolonandsons.com/code_diary I see the relationship between my days of ankifying tidbits of knowledge and my current diarying as one of tactics vs. strategy. The Anki-stage was necessary to drill the basics. But now, a decade later, the focus is on the bigger picture — and trying to capture this bigger picture onto a double-sided flashcard is about as fruitful as trying to contain an ocean in a bathtub.
  - Noumenon72 6y ago
    Wow, you've worked on lots of different things. And this seems like a good way to keep learning.
  - namelessone 6y ago
    I love the code diary idea. Can I ask you what tools (software, pen&paper) you use for your diary?
    - semicolonandson 6y ago
      I just have a git repo and bunch of markdown files put into folders that correspond to tags. A few people have asked me about it so I already started recording a video about it for YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC17mJJnvzAa_e9qQqLIfIeQ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC17mJJnvzAa_e9qQqLIfIeQ
  - yeutterg 6y ago
    Great update. This seems to be very much in line with the note-taking and review techniques of Tiago Forte and Ali Abdaal, but for code.
nefitty 6y ago
I’ve used it for API’s and syntax. For example, I have an entire GraphQL course turned into flashcards. I used screencaps of code so that it wouldn’t lose formatting.

yeutterg 6y ago

Hey Jack, I've always found your Anki guides to be some of the best. I'm curious, are you still using it all these years later?

semicolonandson 6y ago
As someone who is now over a decade into their programming career, today I find more value in doing analytical breakdowns of my various success and mistakes. What were my oversights on a project? How could I have communicated better? What made one particular library a success, etc.? Therefore, after years of Anki, I've stopped adding new cards and doing repetition; instead I now focus on keeping a code diary. I've published the first couple of hundred entries here so you can see what this entails: https://www.semicolonandsons.com/code_diary https://www.semicolonandsons.com/code_diary I see the relationship between my days of ankifying tidbits of knowledge and my current diarying as one of tactics vs. strategy. The Anki-stage was necessary to drill the basics. But now, a decade later, the focus is on the bigger picture — and trying to capture this bigger picture onto a double-sided flashcard is about as fruitful as trying to contain an ocean in a bathtub.
- Noumenon72 6y ago
  Wow, you've worked on lots of different things. And this seems like a good way to keep learning.
- namelessone 6y ago
  I love the code diary idea. Can I ask you what tools (software, pen&paper) you use for your diary?
  - semicolonandson 6y ago
    I just have a git repo and bunch of markdown files put into folders that correspond to tags. A few people have asked me about it so I already started recording a video about it for YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC17mJJnvzAa_e9qQqLIfIeQ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC17mJJnvzAa_e9qQqLIfIeQ
- yeutterg 6y ago
  Great update. This seems to be very much in line with the note-taking and review techniques of Tiago Forte and Ali Abdaal, but for code.

nefitty 6y ago

I’ve used it for API’s and syntax. For example, I have an entire GraphQL course turned into flashcards. I used screencaps of code so that it wouldn’t lose formatting.