Field notes from teaching, AI, and the design of Strive.
Written by Simas Zurauskas. Cognitive science behind the recall queue, engineering behind the live-streaming lessons, and the product principles that shape what Strive does — and what it deliberately doesn’t.
Turn your own material into a course: what to upload, and what to expect
You already have the syllabus, the slides and the readings. Turning that pile into something you can actually study from is the hard part. Here is what to give Strive, what makes a source set work, and what happens when the material runs thin.
AI course generators compared — what actually differs
Every AI learning tool now promises a personalised course. Most of the differences that matter are invisible on the pricing page. Here are the seven axes that actually separate them, and where we sit on each — including where we come off worse.
How to keep what you learn: a working spaced-repetition routine
A 5-minute routine for keeping what you just learned, without setting up Anki, building 500 cards, or learning a scheduling algorithm. Just a calendar and a notebook.