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Show HN: Species.app – A visual spaced-repetition engine for taxonomy
Hi HN,
I’m an amateur naturalist, and I couldn't find good visual content to study for animal/plant taxonomy. Standard text-based flashcards don't work well for visual identification.
So, I built a visual spaced-repetition engine specifically designed to drill taxonomy using perceptual interleaving (showing you visually similar species back-to-back to train your eye).
The stack:
SvelteKit / CDK (S3) / Fallback R2 / Postgres
Could probably use some better optimization but it works well enough.
It uses a customized implementation of the FSRS (Free Spaced Repetition Scheduler) algorithm adapted for image-heavy visual drilling.
The hardest part is building out the curated image database. There is planned content for many more species coming soon!
The platform is currently in a 100% free beta.
Would love some feedback, advice, etc if you have time!
https://species.app https://species.app
- treetalker 6mo agoGreat offering, thanks! Ideas for your feature pipeline: geographic filtering (e.g., learn to identify plant/bird species in southern Florida); temporal filtering (explore extinct species --> currently endangered species); audio to learn calls/songs.
- jchiasson 6mo agoThanks for the feedback! Really appreciate it. I am working on specific locations. And actually the "endangered" filter is a great idea. Thanks so much! *Edit: Wanted to mention that thousands of more species are planned as content.