Looking for a flashcard app tailored for developers (with code editor)
Posted by Upset-Bar-2377@reddit | learnprogramming | View on Reddit | 4 comments
Hi everyone,
I was wondering if anyone knows of an app that lets you create flashcards similar to Anki, but really oriented towards coding practice.
The idea would be to have the classic front/back flashcard system, where the front shows what you need to code, and the back provides a possible solution.
What I feel is missing in most tools I’ve seen is a built-in code editor with syntax highlighting. Instead of just thinking about the answer in your head, the goal would be to actually type it out for better memorization.
There wouldn’t need to be automated evaluation or grading — the user could just compare their own attempt with the suggested solution and decide if it was correct enough.
The main reason I’m looking for this is to fight against something I’ve noticed with heavy LLM usage. After prompting all the time, I feel I’m losing the ability to actually write code myself — not conceptually, but on the level of pure recall and memorization. This kind of tool seems like it could help bring that back.
Does anyone know if something like this exists? Or is there an open-source project that goes in that direction?
Thanks!
iOSCaleb@reddit
Why wouldn’t the user just run their code and see if it works?
Kamatttis@reddit
Have you thought of not using ai/llm instead to solve your problem?
aqua_regis@reddit
This idea is completely useless.
Code adapts to the problem and every problem is different.
Memorizing code, entire code blocks, is completely meaningless.
The solution is to stop using LLM to do your thinking and work.
You generally don't write code through recalling. You write code through thinking and knowing what you have to do.
queerkidxx@reddit
I honestly don’t think you need to memorize code in this way. You’ll always have access to looking stuff up. Most IDEs even before AI had some sort of autocomplete functionality.
Just work on some projects without using AI. You’ll naturally start to memorize stuff after looking it up over and over again.