apparently you can just write your own testing framework and no one will stop you... (github.com/mhsnook/scen...)

WE LOVE WEARABLE FLASHCARDS

I have been wanting to do this for ages. ❤️ accessibility -- please feel free to reach out if you ever spot anything that would make the app more accessible for you.

Getting my friends to do beta testing -- #BuildInPublic

Is it unprofesshh to share short-lived feature preview branches while #BuildInPublic 'ing? sunlo-tanstack-git-feat-public-mode-michaelsnooks-projects.vercel.app/learn/browse Working on "public mode" to make our learning materials and the comment threads about them into public resources -- very fun

It's getting FUN over here. We are on a mission to augment the processes by which people _actually learn_ languages in real life. People like to learn by listening to podcasts, watching movies, and learning songs. Now you can make a playlist out of all the phrases you learn and share with others.

Sunlo originally started as an idea to do ~"flash cards like Anki, but crowdsource them like Wiki entries". But the idea really gelled together when we tied it together with this social layer: "like ask-reddit or stack-overflow, but the answers are flashcards you can add to your review deck."

It's looking realer and realer every day... #BuildInPublic

We're working on some really exciting UX / user journey stuff, but have yet to finish merging the big data-layer upgrades 🙈🙈🙈😇😇😇

We are cooking up some interesting things over here... Do you know any other apps that allow you to learn certain language topics across a region or multiple languages? we're not aware of any but would love to see if there are!

We can't wait till Sunlo has a library of Pidgin flash cards... one of Sunlo's core ideas is that around the world, most people are speaking some kind of pidgin or creole language, and we would love to support learners exploring this beautiful, practical, expressive, West African language.

Welp. I guess we're leaving Vercel...

d'y'all like my icons? we are doing a UX pass looking at navigation, discoverability of features, hinting at happy paths, etc. And icons are always a favourite topic to nerd out about with your designer pals :))

update! limited chat feature is live :)) we're making sure the flashcards stay the main character, so for now you can just send each other cards and accept/ignore them. let's see how it goes!

Not me finally implementing the chat feature I've been putting off for ages....

We are doing testing with our first users, and taking inspo from old Tumblr posts 😇🤗🧄🥦

Wait, this is Sunlo's business plan... is that ... is that not how you do it?

Question for the #microcopy nerds out there: "Choose a deck" vs. "Choose a language" ? "Start a new language" vs. "Start a new deck" ? Is one more concrete than the other? Is one more natural than the other? Is one easier to understand? Microcopy is a subtle art and we're still learning!

psst -- if you only have 1 person on your team and no office and on tuesdays you go to a local board game studio for their coworking day, it's okay to say stuff like "Tuesday is our no-meetings day here at the Sunlo offices/campus/HQ"

👀👀👀 (Sunlo will never use AI-generated slop to try to teach you a language) 👀👀👀

After the last several months of building out the tech, we're finally getting close to a testable product! Sunlo should be ready for friends & family testing in May! #BuildInPublic Features include: - create cards, add translations, curate your deck - daily reviews with spaced repetition algo ...