Fluentfeeds is inspired by the comprehensible input language learning method/cult. The basic idea: reading something that you 95% understand is the best way to make progress. 5% is the right density of new stuff and the 95% gives you (a) enough context to understand natural usage and (b) hooks into pre-existing knowledge to link the new stuff to.

The knowledge graph for learning a language isn’t as clean as for math or physics, but it is possible to construct a legible one at least locally, around your current state. Naturally, I felt the simplest way for me to learn German was to build a comprehensible input app that tracked my current progress and used a graph to explore new grammar and vocabulary. It started as a claude skill for my own use, then turned into a project when I realized the text interface wasn’t enough. V1 is a simple vocabulary focused graded reader app. Unfortunately, you actually need to know German to correctly eval the fancy knowledge graph stuff, so this lost steam a couple of months ago.

At this point I’m fully focused on a startup idea (more on that later), so I don’t see myself going back to side projects like this. However, I cannot bear the shame of another abandoned project going to the bin, and this v1 is kind of useful (I use it!), so I’ve bought a domain, asked Claude to make a landing page, and put it up. I promise no further development and probably won’t respond to criticism, but hopefully it is of some service to fellow travelers trudging along the road to German mastery.

P.S. I’ll probably open source it at some point if anyone wants to take it over.