Here's my write-up on the website concept on my Substack

open.substack.com/pub/alexledg...

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MCP is cool, and there's an Anki MCP implementation, but since AnkiConnect exposes an endpoint, it took about 30 minutes to write a quick python class to interact with the endpoint. And boom, the LLM just knew how to work with Anki flashcards.

The readme in the repo has some prompts that I've tried.

I used it to quickly add unsplash images to a bunch of my flashcards. And I'm interested in using it to add audio to some of my Spanish flashcards.

My main takeaway was how easy and amazing it was to extend the llm tool to work with Anki.

The concept came from a client, and I wanted to see what I could do to explore it.

I like this demo because it evokes this feeling the client was interested in: looking out into the universe, exploring, and curiosity.

Screenshot of the marquee

I've used this version in a couple of client sites now.

I love it because it's really easy to adjust. It can support more logos, only a few logos, hover behavior, scroll behavior, and more.

If you're interested in reading more, I published a longer piece about Lucca and my experience on my Substack: alexledger.substack.com/p/interpreti...

4) And those around me get to experience transformed Alex, whether they know it or not, whether they like it or not.

3) It’s okay because I was transformed by living with Lucca and the experience of his passing, and critically going through that experience with Cat, my life partner, and our other cat Rilke. It was the journey that changed it all.

2) I tried to write about it in his memorial alexledger.net/lucca, but I know I didn’t do my own feelings justice. It makes me think about the limitations of my ability to communicate and how deep feeling, for me, is incommunicable.

1) When Lucca died, my experience was vastly different than I’d have predicted. I felt transformed. I felt more grateful for his life, for the lessons he taught me, than sad. Still, I was sad. I cried every day for a week.

there's something so disingenuous about Duolingo framing itself as a learning app.

i've written up some of my thoughts here: alexledger.substack.com/p/the-future...

after reading this aftermath piece, i think i should have been even harsher on Duolingo (because they deserve it)

I wrote up some thoughts on substack:

alexledger.substack.com/p/transformi...

I also discuss how I inserted adjunct review questions using @andymatuschak.org 's Orbit tool. The idea behind that memorizing ideas about stress might change how we navigate stress.

#srs #substack #stress #learning

Check out the release notes (incontext.fun/the-fundamen...) and install inContext from the chrome store (chromewebstore.google.com/detail/incon...)