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Posted by
redaantar on Monday August 10, 2026 @05:50AM
from the show-hn dept.
https://ckourse.com
I downloaded a course and ran into the problem of tracking my progress and remembering where I left off. Instead of sitting down and finishing it, I found a way to procrastinate — so I made a tool that keeps track of exactly where you left off in a video, which video and chapter you're on, and lets you take notes and add videos to favorites. Now I can go back and watch the course. I have no...
Working on product and brand at the same time, I keep running into a tension I couldn't articulate until I read this Paul Graham line: "Branding by definition has to be distinctive. But good design, like math or science, seeks the right answer, and right answers tend to converge." Wrote up where I landed.
That’s well said. That’s precisely the problem we’re facing, but this time it’s not cooking skills, but thinking skills.
Posted by
redaantar on Tuesday May 19, 2026 @11:05AM
from the antar.me dept.
Posted by
redaantar on Monday May 18, 2026 @11:55AM
from the antar.me dept.
Why it matters since it does the job !
Posted by
redaantar on Friday April 24, 2026 @01:01PM
from the self-post dept.
Sadly, most of the big names (Udemy, Coursera, ...) are using encrypted streaming with DRM, but there are Khan Academy, Harvard, MIT,... courses that you can download and use locally. But most people are downloading the courses from torrents illegally (I don't advise doing this).
That’s awesome! I’m a huge fan of projects like that. I recently launched ckourse.com (open-source) to help manage downloaded courses. Combining tolaria and Ckourse will give a smooth learning experience. Thanks for the tool.
Interesting point of view. Do you have any resources for such things, books, videos, etc., explaining those persuasion techniques you mentioned?
There’s some of this in
https://book.stevejobsarchive.com/
There are also his videos and speeches, for example when explaining the magic behind computers, and the way he simplifies everything in a delightful way.
so you think KISS (keep it simple stupid) is the key in this case ?
Totally agree, but the question "Impeccable taste" is a skill or a gift.
Ofc it's salesmanship, but actually not anyone is able to chain ideas and talk the same way
Posted by
redaantar on Thursday April 23, 2026 @09:20AM
from the self-post dept.
I'm genuinely curious why Steve’s way of talking, organising, and chaining ideas is amazing. From your point of view, what's the secret sauce ?