Lab Note #2 – learn History everyday with Herodotus – v 1.0.2 is live
TL;DR
1️⃣ Herodotus v1.0.2 is live : historical mistakes fixed, UI refreshed, in‑app feedback added.
2️⃣ Insight : a standalone web tool (Fluent Forever Vocab Builder) is handier than an Anki add‑on for rapid vocab‑card creation.
3️⃣ Next : dog‑food Herodotus every day and build a faster quiz‑authoring tool.
🔗 Try it → https://herodotus-app.com
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Herodotus v 1.0.2 — bugs squashed, UI polished, feedback centered
Herodotus is my web/Android app for learning history with bite‑sized lessons and quizzes. Despite months of neglect it still attracts ≈ 4 new sign‑ups a day, so I decided to give it the attention it deserves.
- Corrected the most‑flagged historical errors in lessons and quizzes.
- Tweaked layout and colours for quicker reading.
- Added in‑app feedback prompts + analytics so I can iterate on real data.
Next milestones
- Review the app each evening and log one annoyance to fix the next day (dog‑fooding rule).
- Ship an internal tool that lets me create lessons/quizzes in minutes.
FluentForeverVocabBuilder or Anki add-on ?
Following the previous week’s discussion Lab-note #1 — Fluent Forever Vocab Builder : create flashcards 10 × faster , I found out that using a web server and a separate interface to handle the creation of languages flashcards was more convenient, since this interface can be customized very easily, much more than what Anki plugins allow.
The next steps for this project will therefore probably involve packaging the web app into a ready-to-use executable for any OS.
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