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Notities over spaced repetition, geheugen, leerwetenschap en het bouwen van Memset.
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Why Rereading Is Ineffective
Rereading feels like studying, but a fact with nothing to connect to fades fast. Here is what actually makes learning hold.
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Why Memset Is Named After a C Function
The honest story of naming a memory app after memset(), the C function that fills memory with a value.
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How Memset Helps Exam Preparation
What three driving exams under three different rulebooks taught me about preparing for any exam with spaced repetition.
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The Paywall I Built Myself, and Why I Switched to RevenueCat
Why my serverless paywall could not really verify a purchase, and what moving Memset's subscriptions to RevenueCat actually fixed.
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How Memset Helped Me Become a Senior Engineer
Seniority in software is mostly retained knowledge, and a daily review habit is what kept a decade of it usable.
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Why It Took 2.5 Years to Build Memset
The honest reason a simple spaced repetition app took thirty months to ship: the only real test was time.
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How I Learned English Using Spaced Repetition
The grammar drills never stuck. What finally moved English into my head was a schedule of small, well-timed reviews I could actually keep.
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Why Spaced Repetition Actually Works
A science-backed look at why short, well-timed reviews beat marathon study sessions, and how to put the method into practice without it becoming a second job.
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