Founder’s Notes
Notes behind
Things that slowed me down while learning languages, and what I want to change.
Learning, and the decisions behind it
Notes by JP.
Why your vocabulary should come with you
I knew about 2,500 Japanese words. In the next vocabulary app, I still had to mark each one as known or new.
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Practise grammar until the form comes to mind
I know go, went, gone. Yet the right form can still take a moment to come to mind.
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When do you need help while reading?
Readings above every word can help. Above familiar words, they often get in the way.
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Less friction. Learning still takes work.
Reviewing words takes work. Explaining your vocabulary to a new app does too. I want to spend less time on the second part.
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Why we do not use AI-generated practice sentences
When you are still learning a language, checking your own examples is difficult. That is why we use original sentences as models in the language you are learning.
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Edited from conversations with JP and product notes. Published on 15 October 2026.