Janus
@janus_cards
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Highlights to Flashcards for Anki and Mochi
Joined January 2025
Documentation for @janus_cards is live. Can be accessed on landing page or in dropdown in app. Explains the workflow, features and integrations currently available. Will get updated as new releases go live. Thank you @mintlify for creating such a low-friction, quality defaults
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Here's how to go from online lecture -> flashcard with @janus_cards - Watch the online university lecture on youtube (such as an episode of MIT Courseware series on Introduction to Algorithms) - Create a Janus notebook from the youtube video. The video will then be transcribed
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New highlighter features for @janus_cards - You can now see proposed highlights in the document reader as soon as they get created - Can also click on them and will bring you to the Generate tab on the right. - New Color Codes: - Yellow = Saved highlight with no cards,
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There is now a better way to edit all cards in a single highlight in @janus_cards Once cards exist in a highlight, the generate button turns into a "Generate More" and "Improve" button. - Generate More: Additional cards will be created that try to cover material that is in that
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Even though @janus_cards tries to create great flashcards first time, using AI introduces unpredictability that can cause cards to have stylistic or organizational flaws. The issue might be quite obvious, like needing to split a card that combines two facts into two separate
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For those who wish to memorize the formulae, proofs and derivations from maths textbooks and research papers: You can now manually highlight math blocks in @janus_cards
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The reasoning around my 2 month bet to rewrite @janus_cards and support a highlight-first approach to flashcard generation:
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@janus_cards v0.4 Update: "⛵ Calm before the Storm" 🚀 NEW: Fine-Grained PDF Uploads Select exactly which pages to use. Upload single pages, specific ranges, or full chapters ✨ COMING SOON: Major Workflow Upgrade 70% complete and ETA end of May!
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I want to thank everyone who has tried out https://t.co/dBtfMACfrM so far! I've added Stripe support for purchasing more credits if you're out already :)
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Spent past week improving UX and making my electron app a web app. Now I'm ready to send my new AI flashcard generator to my mailing list 🪇
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How it was vs how it's going.
I've got a problem... Despite using AI + standard UI libraries (@shadcn), my app looks crummy. Worst of all, I don't really understand enough to make it better. Challenge: 2 days to study UI design, focusing on CSS details and visual design basics. I'll share my progress here
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