Show HN: A beautiful and local-first PDF reader for studying dense things

Re:Show HN: A beautiful and local-first PDF reader for study... by mmarian on Sunday June 07, 2026 @03:52PM (#48437934)

I have a similar problem in having limited attention span when it comes to learn. I went into it from the opposite angle - just plan out what I want to learn, then start asking Claude to design the content for me. It's worked pretty well.

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Re:Show HN: A beautiful and local-first PDF reader for study... by oleksg on Sunday June 07, 2026 @07:35PM (#48439759)

interesting, do you have it reference some book? or just straight talking to claude?

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Re:Show HN: A beautiful and local-first PDF reader for study... by mmarian on Monday June 08, 2026 @01:06AM (#48441510)

Just straight talking to Claude without referencing a book. However, if I wanted to learn from a book, I'd probably follow the same approach and just send the book across.

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Re:Show HN: A beautiful and local-first PDF reader for study... by oleksg on Sunday June 07, 2026 @07:37PM (#48439771)

actually thinking about... even now it's hard to capture my attention while reading. maybe I add some sort of awards/badges and custom-set progress system (per session) into this. Really trying to deal with the attention span issue hmmm

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Re:Show HN: A beautiful and local-first PDF reader for study... by mmarian on Monday June 08, 2026 @01:08AM (#48441518)

Doubt badges work. You have to ask yourself why you're struggling to read it, and work from that. And remember, not all problems can be solved by technology.

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