Itanki and Ankiego Method Version 2.0:
“Therefore, pass these Sirens by, and stuff your men’s ears with wax so that none of them may hear. But if you like, you can listen, for you may get the men to bind you as you stand upright on the mast, and they must lash the rope’s ends to the mast so that you may have the pleasure of listening”. -Odyssey, a Poem by Homer
Dear Anki community,
I spent my savings on building this software, and now that it is finished, I am giving it away for free. We are both members of the same Anki community, and this is my gift to you. If you downloaded Anki, you are dedicated to learning and committed to putting in the hard work to finish your flashcards. You made an unspoken commitment to yourself that you would study. Otherwise, why would you download it? Most people using Anki clearly finish their flashcards. However, maybe you have been struggling. This extension is an attempt to make learning with the software more addictive. In addition, it serves as a controllable Nudge toward the desired behaviour of doing Anki every day and/or finishing your deck.
I like you, so I want to help you use Anki consistently if you have been struggling and let you know that I was in a similar rut. Richard Thaler won the Nobel Prize in 2017. He famously appeared alongside Selena Gomez in the movie “The big short,” which had five nominations at the 88th Academy Awards. His expert advice is outlined in Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness. So I decided to add a controllable Nudge using Arduino, a lock mechanism and a box that opens on a variable ratio schedule or when all cards are finished. In addition, cheating is prevented by making the deletion of cards only available once a month.
Here is what has been introduced:
Box setting one opens when all the due cards and cards in the learning queue across all decks are 0. The other box setting uses the “variable ratio schedule” of reinforcement. So it opens on average every nth due card no longer due, but not always on the nth response. Nth response means, e.g. getting 50 cards on average no longer due for each day. Imagine today I finish 25 cards (finish meaning they are no longer due today), then it opens. Tomorrow I complete 80 cards, and on the 81st, it opens. Over the month, the average is 50 cards. You can only specify what the nth number will be and the range of possible random values once a month.
Closing a box causes it to be forced shut. To ensure people sleep properly, specify a cooldown time (default is 10 AM to 6 AM; the boxes will not open).
The anti-cheat functions aim to remove the possibility of rewarding behaviour that you can easily fake to make the cards less cheatable. I think designing things to be less cheatable/remove temptation is always ethical: Cards can only be deleted and edited once a month. You can always add cards. The second anti-cheat is for the basic (type in the answer) card. The show card again option only shows if the answer is more than a 70% correct match. Correct meaning word for word as the answer card is written. Otherwise, there is no option for hard, good etc., just again.
The strength of the Nudge depends on what you put in your box. This extension helps you choose your own incentives and provides immediate feedback to help you learn.
So honour your commitment to finish that deck by downloading and giving yourself a nudge. Finally, I want to finish with some stolen wit and wisdom.
“Spend each day trying to be a little wiser than you were when you woke up. Discharge your duties faithfully and well. Systematically you get ahead, but not necessarily in fast spurts. Nevertheless, you build discipline by preparing for fast spurts. Slug it out one inch at a time, day by day. At the end of the day, if you live long enough, most people get what they deserve.” -Charlie Munger.
We have limited time to learn and get things done on this earth. So go get what you deserve.
Please contact me at my university email at dgedge@torontomu.ca if you have any questions, feedback or just want to talk. You are very busy and important to me; thank you for reading my extension to Anki.
Sincerely,
Diego Gedge
Projects and individuals to credit for the project: Diego Gedge Misha Bagrianski Miguel Díaz Iturry Edgar Cano Video editor alexanderedw884: https://www.fiverr.com/alexanderedw884 Here is the library we used https://pythonhosted.org/pyserial/index.html Here is where we got the design for the locking mechanism. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9unR083OPY We used Arduino software.
P.S.
We will be updating the hardware in the future once I have more savings.
Most people will give back in some way if you consider yourself a good person. I am a first-year university student, so I took a risk for the community with my savings. Please give back if this extension provides value to you; it is only fair. I spent my savings to hire a developer to build this with me. I designed this for individuals with ADHD and anyone struggling with motivation. However, I have many additions planned that will require capital, time and effort. In addition, I want to make Anki’s functionality more friendly for people with Autism. You can help by adopting this project’s code and adding to it.
Here are easy ways other people have already given back: GoFundMe to help cover my costs: https://gofund.me/893e32a2 Buy me a book: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/smaugsterV0 If you need to hire an expert for any project, use this Toptal hiring affiliate link (SERIOUSLY PLEASE DO THIS): https://www.toptal.com/7893wUb/worlds-top-talent Amazon Affiliate links (you are going to need to buy the hardware anyway): Arduino UNO Rev 3: https://amzn.to/3Rnkfqu Button switches: https://amzn.to/3NSFxcu Servo Motor 9g: https://amzn.to/3AA9c7d 14 Male to male wires: https://amzn.to/3PcR9bf Power supply 12V: https://amzn.to/3nT7KVL Youtube video showing Servo Motor assembly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9unR083OPY
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Reviews (3)
👍 2025-06-08
Neither the description nor the video gives much information on how this is applied. What makes it addictive? The information you provided looks as if you made a door lock and synced it to anki?
👍 2025-01-08
THANKYOU SO MUCH FOR CREATING THIS, HAVEN’T TRIED IT YET BUT IT SOUNDS SUPER HELPFUL ALR!!
👍 2024-08-10
bro get to the point
