It's an email-only Korean (and English) language learning service started by me and my partner! We've both been interested in language and, since I've been learning Korean and she's been improving English, I've been looking for a modality that works for me -- apps don't click for me for some reason.

It started by me sending myself an email everyday with new Korean vocab/grammar, but we thought it would be nice if it responded with corrections and learned from my common mistakes to make better questions. So, we've built it out to work for us, and turns out other people also like it and are growing everyday!

Signed up and played around a bit, but was unable to get a video transcribed. It kept popping up with a "Error loading video. Please try again later." issue. I tried entering a URL and was given that the audio quality was too low.

Separately, I'm curious how you're approaching quality control in your translations for the words. While building my app, the GPT models regularly get translations wrong for Korean and miss nuance and require human-in-the-loop before sending to the user.

Great work shipping! It looks great!

My partner and I built Daily Tokki (https://dailytokki.com?ref=hn-1), an email-only app designed to help people learn Korean or English through personalized daily questions. My partner is a Korean native fluent in English, and we created this app because many language-learning apps cap out after beginner material, leaving learners unsure how to progress further.

Here’s how it works:

1. Each weekday, you get a short, personalized question in your inbox.

2. Reply to the email with your answer.

3. Daily Tokki analyzes your response, provides corrections, and tracks your progress.

The goal is to provide meaningful, consistent practice without the distractions of traditional apps. There’s nothing to install—just check your email, respond, and improve.

We wanted to create a tool that supports learners at all levels, offering tailored questions that grow with your abilities. It’s perfect for busy people looking to build a daily habit or for those who want more advanced material than typical apps provide.

We’d love to hear your feedback about the concept, how it could be improved, or anything else you’d like to share. If you’re learning Korean or English, give it a try—we’d love to know what you think!

Thanks for reading!

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My partner and I do something similar for Korean & English (she’s Korean native and is fluent in English and I’m learning Korean). We actually built it out for ourselves and some friends and just released it yesterday[0].

Still working out some kinks, but it sends a question every weekday via email that you’d respond to. It then sends back feedback on vocab & grammar, all with spaced repetition baked in to keep track of words you learn/use as you continue.

It’s currently tailored towards those that can already read and have basics under their belt.

[0] https://dailytokki.com/?ref=hn

Just wanted to share a weekend project I made to let you share your lists of links with others. It's called Linka (https://linka.cool).

It started from my travels and when I ask for recommendations. I usually get a list from my friends with dozens of google maps links or a bunch of websites for museums and things like that. I thought it'd be really useful to just have a place where those links are categorized and easy to share.

Let me know what you think!

Ian

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To say that the beginning was rough is an understatement. Violin (and any string instrument, really) is just difficult, plain and simple.

But daily practice, private lessons, and I’m able to play pieces that I’ve only heard recordings of. Sure, it’s not professional, but it brings me immense joy to be able to have my hands and fingers know what to do on instinct now.

Private lessons for me were the key: accountability and expertise at every step. Self-learning would have been so much slower.

The more you learn, and I’m sure it’s like this with any art, the more you realize there’s so much nuance to it and that there’s always room to improve.

A lot of people, myself included, tend to work well with external stimuli, e.g., other people. Especially when there aren't users of the product, there's no one you're really accountable for except yourself. When you start to have users, of course, that becomes different.

So, the question really becomes: how can I bake in accountability in the early stages of my project to see it through and finish?

My answer has been to build around others. A group of us meet weekly over the course of a 6-week period to chat about our project, progress, etc. with a "demo day" at the end where we're expected to show the final thing.[2] It's honestly really fun and we're about to start our third "cohort".

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41428705

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41293219

[2] https://lmt2.com

I’m fairly flexible on dates, but getting the best price for it is a super iterative process. Having some similar functionality like excel’s solve function would be awesome to find optimal dates within a range for each destination.

Will work on making the spacing better on desktop!

I just tried it and it gave the correct answer.

Also made https://resgen.app to help candidates tailor resumes