


You might remember Points 1, 2, 4 today and tomorrow only remember Points 1, 2, 3. Try to avoid this and write better questions with single answers.ĭon't Add Cards Memorizing Entire Lists. When adding, you won't realize a question has multiple answers, but when you're reviewing, you'll know. If you have a card with multiple answers, add hints (HINT: Begins with a P.). For basic or basic + reversed cards, I'll have a succinct answer on Line 1, line breaks, Lines 3+ will be additional information. I prefer adding in the extra info with cloze cards. If you get a card wrong, it's helpful to know more about the topic.
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Most code snippets are hard to format to fit basic-and-reversed. It's hard to format screenshots to fit front-and-back or cloze formats. Screenshots from Video Tutorials (YouTube, etc) Takes slightly more time to add.Ĭategories and Recommended Card Types Category Proper cloze cards add meaningful context and improve fundamental understanding.
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The Android (free) version is amazing! There is also a iOS version ($25).It's very easy to desire to "remember everything" and find yourself overwhelmed.ĭownload (and review using) the mobile apps. In the beginning, try not to add more than twenty cards a day.Focus on adding work or study related cards for an immediate benefit.

You'll only keep a Anki routine if you quickly see benefits. just the rest can be a little overwhelming. I'm not saying beginners to stop reading this guide. Read the Beginner's Section below and visit after: Beginner's Guideįor Anki beginners, habit & friction is your enemy. If any bullet points need elaboration, please let me know.

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I will continuously update this from feedback and suggestions. While I focus on Anki a bit, principles from this guide also apply to SuperMemo.
#ANKI ONLINE SOFTWARE#
This Anki guide assumes the reader is familiar with these topics:įor an introduction to Spaced Repetition and Anki, please read this earlier article - How Anki Saved My Software Career. In this guide, I'll explain the avoidable (dumb) mistakes, but also provide the effective strategies I found along the way. My total deck recently passed ten thousand cards (EDIT: now 14k). It's the one important secret that has helped my software engineering career. If I searched in StackOverflow, I'd add it to Anki. For the past few years, Anki has acted as my digital memory storage (albeit, imperfect).
