I've long been interested in "learning how to learn" and have long been annoyed by how I have grown... Tagged with learning, productivity, showdev, ai.

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A developer built a custom Anki flashcard app for their Garmin VivoActive 6 smartwatch using MonkeyC, AnkiConnect, FastAPI, and a Cloudflare tunnel. The project evolved from a basic watch app to a full ecosystem including an AutoHotKey overlay with Pomodoro timer, Claude-powered notes-to-flashcards conversion, knowledge graph bridging between cards, and a ChatGPT Actions integration for voice-based card review while driving. Memory constraints on the watch required paginated syncing. The backend now runs 24/7 on a free Oracle Cloud VM.

Anki On My Wrist

<p>Now I can be lazy with my wrist too!</p>
