Oh yes anki is fantastic! I'm still relatively new to the habit but I don't know how I used to manage without it (spoiler: I didn't)
I actually find I am reading and learning more because I no longer worry about trying to remember things. I think of it as anki's job to remember, and my job to understand, so now I have more mental resources to spend on understanding material.
I'm rambling, and I apologize, but I HIGHLY recommend anki.
I use Anki as well and it really is fantastic.
I use it for languages, math, and code (there is a really good markdown plugin).
15-30 minutes every morning is enough to keep many things fresh in memory.
Thank you for this. I hadn’t come across Anki and it looks like a great tool.
So for example I have a Japanese learning deck with columns "word - Japanese", "example sentence - kanji", "example sentence - hurigana helper text (phonetic speller for characters I don't know)", "English definition for word", "English definition for sentence", "part of speech" , "commonality of word.".
So I can make decks sorted by commonality of words with English on front, or Japanese on front, to practice vocabulary. Or I can have one with English sentences on front to practice sentence building.
You can even attach media files, like audio.
And best of all, last I checked this is all free. Still not sure how the creator funds hosting public decks.