I turned my Anki side project into $15K raised on Kickstarter (opens in new tab)

(alt-romes.github.io)

7 pointsromes4mo ago7 comments

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ThrowawayR24mo ago· 2 in thread

11 reposts in six days by the same author.

- From Anki to Kickstarter: The Making of Kanjideck (alt-romes.github.io) 1 point by romes 16 hours ago

- The Making of Kanjideck (alt-romes.github.io) 1 point by romes 1 day ago

- The Making of Kanjideck: From Anki to Kickstarter (alt-romes.github.io) 1 point by romes 2 days ago

- Making physical Japanese flashcards: The full walkthrough from zero to launch (alt-romes.github.io) 1 point by romes 2 days ago | 5 comments

- Making physical Japanese cards: The full walkthrough from zero to launch (alt-romes.github.io) 3 points by romes 3 days ago

- Kanjideck: The full walkthrough from zero to launch (alt-romes.github.io) 6 points by romes 3 days ago

- Launching My Side Project as a Solo Dev: The Walkthrough (alt-romes.github.io) 3 points by romes 4 days ago

- Launching My Side Project as a Solo Dev: The Walkthrough (alt-romes.github.io) 5 points by romes 5 days ago

- From Side Project to Kickstarter: A Walkthrough (alt-romes.github.io) 1 point by romes 5 days ago

- From Side Project to Kickstarter: A Walkthrough (alt-romes.github.io) 1 point by romes 6 days ago

romesOP4mo ago

I've put weeks of effort on the post and months on the project. I think it's worthy of being in HN and the votes so far seem to imply the same. I have been improving the title and posting at the time period HN allows. It's not a repost in the sense that it hasn't gained any attention. It just hasn't reached a critical enough mass. What does it mean to you? If you think the post is just not high quality perhaps you can comment on that, rather than the number of times it has been posted.

vunderba4mo ago

Lots of us put weeks/months into our projects. As somebody who's definitely had their fair share of "Show HN"s be swallowed into the murky depths, take the "L" and just give it a few weeks before reposting again.

Now onto some feedback:

**** What I like ****

The article is well-written and I really appreciate the candid nature of the journey to see this project through to the finish line.

**** What I don't like ****

There's literally dozens of JLPT flashcard sets (online and physical).

It's a bit hard for me to understand the point of the physical card aspect of this kickstarter. It pushes SRS/Leitner/etc - but I can't even fathom anyone trying to organize and set this up with physical cards.

The "no silly mnemonics" feels like a solution in search of a problem. Most of the flashcards that I've used for Chinese and Japanese had no such thing on them.

**** Questions ****

Did you work with a native Japanese speaker to vet your cards?

How can I rely on your expertise as a non-native speaker? Did you major in Japanese? What level of the JLPT have you passed?

I see no mention of 部首, are you incorporating radicals into the learning process?

**** Constructive ****

If it were a work of art, such that I could display the cards decoratively then I think I might be more inclined to invest. For example, if you'd gotten a Japanese calligrapher to do the kanji.

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boxed4mo ago· 1 in thread

Looks pretty nice, but isn't the physical product going to be worse because it can't do the spaced repetition logic?

lylejantzi3rd4mo ago

You can do the spaced repetition logic yourself with a leitner box. Details here: https://ncase.me/remember/

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