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I got tired of language apps with excessive gamification, that rely on guilt and peer pressure and make me feel like a dopamine slot machine; so I built the opposite. I'm a dad in Seattle and between work and having a preschooler I don't have time for all my hobbies as it is, and while learning a language (or more than one!) is something I wanted to continue to do it always feels like a chore. And I'm not into the edgy humor, emotial manipulation, and excessive notifications from Duolingo. So I built Marginota around being pleasant to use. And wouldn't you know there's actual research behind it: extensive reading of level-matched real text (comprehensible input — Krashen's stuff). You import articles (Wikipedia works great), it matches them to your level, and you read sentence by sentence, tapping words for meaning. Seven languages: Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Mandarin. The whole design thesis is "comfortable and pleasant, moves at your own speed." No streaks, no XP, no leaderboards. I know that's anti-growth-hack and I'm fine with that. I have a day job, I hope people like it. Maybe it makes a little money to cover costs at some point. It's live and free on the web: www.marginota.com . This week's shipments: per-article offline download (text + definitions, for planes and subways), a before-you-read briefing card on every article, quiet reading-level calibration (no placement test to fail), one-tap share links with proper preview cards, and a "ready to revisit" review loop for words you've tapped. Android native app will soon start a closed beta (need testers, actually — happy to share details). Roast it. Tell me what you like. Would you use it? What's the first thing that would make you close the tab?   submitted by   /u/TheWrightStripes [link]   [comments]

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  • 发布时间：2026/10/11 01:32:25