SRS Review
Spaced repetition for vocabulary, explained
Why you forget words on a curve, why meeting a word again right before it slips beats any amount of cramming, and how to actually stick with spaced repetition.
Blog
Context, AI, and remembering what you read
Field notes on learning vocabulary in context, explaining words with AI, capturing from any screen, and making spaced repetition actually stick.
Language Learning
The best vocabulary apps in 2026, by use case
Most vocabulary apps fail the same two ways: someone else's word list, and words with no context. Here are the apps that actually make words stick — matched to how you learn.
Anki Workflow
Anki alternatives in 2026: an honest guide
Anki is the best free spaced-repetition tool ever built — and plenty of people still quit it. Here's why, what to keep when you switch, and which alternative fits which learner.
Language Learning
Why I built Capecho
I kept looking up the same English words and forgetting them by the next page. Dictionaries, Anki, and Kindle each missed by a little — so I built the capture-to-review loop I actually wanted.
Anki Workflow
Stop building vocabulary cards by hand
The reason most people quit flashcards isn't review — it's the tedious card-making in front of it. Capture can remove that step entirely.
Words in Context
Words in context: the sentence is part of the meaning
A word on a flashcard and the same word in a sentence are not the same thing to your memory. Here's why context is what makes vocabulary stick.
Language Learning
Why you forget the words you look up — and how to stop
You don't forget new words because you're bad at memorizing. You forget them because you meet them once and never see them again. Here's the loop that fixes it.