Lab Note #1
TL;DR
1️⃣ Repaired “Fluent Forever Vocab Builder” → web app now fetches audio + Bing images in 1 click.
2️⃣ Insight : an Anki add-on would help non-tech users, so I prototyped one with Bolt.new — AI wrote 80 % of the code; I only fixed API calls.
3️⃣ Next : ship a tested v0.1 on AnkiWeb and record a 2-min demo.
🔗 Repo & install guide → https://github.com/Jedyle/FluentForeverVocabBuilder
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Repaired “Fluent Forever Vocab Builder”
A little web server that allows to quickly create good-quality language flashcards in Anki.
This project was initially created by cofinley, but hasn’t been maintained in 6 years Since I was looking for such way to speed-up my flashcard creation, I decided to repair this project, and here is the final result : https://github.com/Jedyle/FluentForeverVocabBuilder .
After installation, just search for a word, and the app will automatically fetch:
– an audio version of it from Wiktionary
– a list of images from Bing, among which you can select the ones you want to add in your flashcard.
Worked on an Anki add-on with the Same Purpose
The web server was enough for my needs, but I thought it would be easier for non-tech users to directly have an Anki add-on for that.
So I played a bit with bolt.new , an AI agent with coding capabilities, and asked it to make me a first version of the plugin. I must say that I am amazed by Bolt’s performances. Even though the final app delivered wasn’t fully functional, it was at least working with Anki. The code generated was pretty clean, which made it very easy for me to jump into it and proceed to the last debugging steps and add more features.
The prototype of this add-on is available here : https://github.com/Jedyle/anki_vocab_builder_plugin
Feel free to try it out, but note that it is not fully tested and reading for a broad usage. I’ll be finalizing it in the coming weeks.
Lab Notes and Gathering All My Projects Here
Over the past months, I’ve been working on several experiments, both in French and English, around the theme of learning more efficiently with tech. I’ve been conducting this project anonymously, probably out of shame or fear that it would pollute my professional profile (this blog).
Realizing that there was actually not reason to hide from such an interesting topic led me to the decision to start gathering all these projects directly here. I will be documenting my learning process for you, readers, with the help of these small Lab Notes. I hope you will find them useful !
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