Anki for Developers
This article is a work in progress log documenting my progress with using Anki as a learning tool in my Software Engineering career. March 2026 My learning method is very simple: While reading a book/article I make an Anki card when I find something interesting. Same for when I watch a Conference/Talk. I ankify cards immediately, rather than hightlight and ankify during the review simply because I don’t trust myself that I will review the book at all. There are so many interesting books/articles to read that I might start to read a new book/article immediately after the current one, rather than review it and ankify the highlighted parts. I still highlight, but only because I might need to reference the highlighted part that I have ankified if the card is not clear in the future and I need to reread that specific section. ...