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I Built an AI-Powered Learning OS Because I Was Tired of Forgetting Everything I Read

Abhishek — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 19:26:57 +0000

Most people read non-fiction the same way: skim chapters, highlight some quotes, feel productive for a day, and forget 90% within a week.

I've been there. I'd finish a 300-page book on strategy or psychology, feel like I learned something profound, and then two weeks later struggle to recall a single framework from it. The notes I took gathered dust. The highlights were buried in an app I never reopened.

Turns out, this isn't a discipline problem. It's a biology problem — and there's 140 years of research proving it.

So I built ReadGraph — a self-hosted AI learning system that turns non-fiction books into something you actually retain. Not another reading app. Not another AI chatbot. A complete learning OS that understands what you've read, finds what you're missing, tests your understanding, and maps how everything connects.

Eight major versions and thousands of lines of code later, here's the story — and the science behind it.

The Problem: Your Brain Is Designed to Forget

In 1885, German psychologist Hermann Ebbinghaus ran a series of experiments on himself — memorizing nonsense syllables and testing his retention at intervals. What he discovered became one of psychology's most replicated findings: the forgetting curve.

The data is brutal:

Within 20 minutes, you forget roughly 42% of newly learned material
Within 1 hour, you lose over 50%
Within 24 hours, only about 33% remains — two-thirds is gone
Within 1 week, up to 90% has faded

A 2015 replication study by Murre & Dros, published in PLOS ONE, confirmed Ebbinghaus was right — their modern results showed 31.7% retention at 24 hours, almost identical to the 1885 data.

This isn't about intelligence or effort. This is how human memory works by default. The forgetting curve is exponential and merciless — unless you do something to fight it.

That "something" is well-documented in learning science. The problem is that most reading tools don't implement any of it.

ReadGraph does.

The Science That ReadGraph Is Built On

Every major feature in ReadGraph maps to a research-backed learning technique. This isn't marketing — these are the same methods used in medical schools, language acquisition programs, and cognitive psychology labs.

1. Spaced Repetition — Fighting the Forgetting Curve

The most powerful weapon against forgetting is spaced repetition: reviewing material at strategically increasing intervals, timed to hit right before you'd naturally forget.

The research is overwhelming:

A 2025 meta-analysis of 13 studies across 21,415 learners found a significant effect favoring spaced repetition over standard study techniques, with a standardized mean difference of 0.78 (p < 0.0001).
Medical students using spaced repetition scored 58.03% vs 43.20% for control groups in a large-scale family medicine study (p < .001, Cohen's d = 0.62).
Nursing students using spaced repetition flashcards were nearly 3x more likely to pass exams (OR = 2.84) and over 2x more likely to achieve the highest grade (OR = 2.31).
A 2025 paediatrics study showed post-test scores jumping from 11.42 to 16.24 in the intervention group, with over 90% of students reporting improved retention.

How ReadGraph uses this: The vocabulary builder in the Communication Lab uses the SM-2 algorithm (the same one powering Anki and Duolingo) to schedule concept reviews at optimal intervals. Assessments are also timed to interrupt the forgetting curve at the right moment.

2. Retrieval Practice — The Testing Effect

You remember what you actively retrieve — not what you passively re-read. This is one of the most robust findings in learning research.

A systematic review of 50 classroom experiments involving 5,374 students found that 57% of studies showed medium or large benefits from retrieval practice. It worked across different education levels, content areas, and experimental designs.

The key finding: retrieval practice with feedback produces an effect size of g = 0.50 — a substantial improvement. Without feedback, the benefits diminish significantly. The feedback piece is critical.

How ReadGraph uses this: When you finish a chapter, ReadGraph generates proper assessments — multiple choice, short answer, scenario analysis — built from your actual reading. It grades honestly with a 75% pass threshold, identifies gaps, and gives detailed feedback. This isn't a quiz for fun; it's retrieval practice with feedback, exactly as the research prescribes.

3. Concept Mapping — Knowledge That Connects

Isolated facts are fragile. Connected knowledge is resilient. Cognitive psychologist Dan Willingham put it simply: "Understanding is remembering in disguise."

Research published in Instructional Science (2025) showed that retrieval-based concept mapping performed as well as traditional retrieval practice, with both significantly outperforming simple re-studying on transfer tests one week later. The concepts stick because they're anchored to other concepts.

A flipped classroom study comparing knowledge graphs to concept maps found that students using knowledge graphs showed better performance in both breadth and depth of subject knowledge. The semantic relationships between entities support deeper cognitive engagement and collaborative knowledge construction.

How ReadGraph uses this: Every concept, resource, book, and chapter becomes a node in an interactive 3D knowledge graph. The connections form automatically as you read. By your fifth book, you have a living map of how ideas relate across subjects — the kind of cross-domain insight that makes knowledge compound instead of sit in silos.

4. Self-Explanation — Learning by Articulating

A meta-analysis of 64 research reports found that self-explanation prompts produce an effect size of g = 0.55 — asking learners to explain concepts in their own words generates inferences about causal connections and conceptual relationships that passive reading never triggers.

The researchers specifically recommended that future systems explore computer-generated self-explanation prompts rather than relying on instructor-scripted ones.

How ReadGraph uses this: The AI mentor doesn't just answer questions — it asks them. It prompts you to explain concepts, connect ideas across chapters, and articulate your understanding. The gap analysis feature identifies where your understanding is shallow and pushes you to go deeper. This is self-explanation driven by AI, exactly the direction the research points toward.

What ReadGraph Actually Does

The science is the foundation. Here's what it looks like in practice.

Think of ReadGraph as a personal study partner that never gets tired, never judges you, and has perfect memory of everything you've ever studied.

Organize Your Reading

You add a book — type the table of contents or snap a photo of it (OCR handles the rest). ReadGraph breaks it into chapters and tracks your progress. Simple, but it gives you an honest view of where you actually are.

Automatic Knowledge Enrichment

When you add a book, ReadGraph automatically searches the web for articles, blog posts, case studies, and resources related to each chapter. These get processed and stored in your local knowledge base.

By the time you sit down to read Chapter 3, supplementary material is already waiting — alternative explanations, real-world examples, and context the author didn't include.

An AI Mentor That Actually Knows Your Content

This isn't ChatGPT with a "pretend you read this book" prompt. The AI mentor has real access to your notes, the enriched knowledge base, a knowledge graph of concepts, and your reading history. When you ask "How does this relate to what I read in Chapter 2?", it looks up what you actually studied and gives a grounded response with citations.

The mentor also renders visual explanations inline — flowcharts, concept maps, comparison charts, and diagrams — right inside the chat.

Gap Analysis

ReadGraph compares what you've actually read against what's in the knowledge base and identifies specific concepts you haven't encountered yet. It's like having someone who read the same book plus 50 related articles pointing out your blind spots.

Real Assessments with Honest Grading

AI-generated assessments — multiple choice, short answer, scenario analysis — grounded in what you actually studied. A 75% pass threshold. No sugarcoating. This is the retrieval practice piece that interrupts the forgetting curve.

A Living 3D Knowledge Graph

Every concept becomes a node. Every relationship becomes an edge. You can literally see how ideas cluster across books and subjects. The "everything is connected" moment is real — and it's backed by the concept mapping research above.

Study Planner

AI generates a realistic day-by-day reading plan with calendar and timeline views. Not generic advice — a plan that accounts for chapter length, complexity, and your reading pace.

Communication Lab

Practice applying what you learned through role-play scenarios. Pitch to a simulated investor. Negotiate a deal. Includes a vocabulary builder with SM-2 spaced repetition so terms actually stick in long-term memory.

Reflective Journal

A private journal with mood tracking and an AI companion. Learning hard material is emotionally taxing. The journal gives you a space to process that.

Dashboard That Tells the Truth

Reading streaks, time tracking, coverage charts, understanding metrics, and AI-generated insights. The honest mirror that shows whether you're progressing or just going through the motions.

The Benefits: Why This Approach Works

You Actually Retain What You Read

Spaced repetition + active recall + concept mapping + self-explanation. These aren't buzzwords — they're the four most evidence-backed learning techniques in cognitive science, and ReadGraph implements all of them in one integrated system.

Your Knowledge Compounds

Most reading is isolated — each book sits in a mental silo. ReadGraph's knowledge graph breaks those silos. By your fifth book, you have four books' worth of concepts already mapped, and the system shows you connections you'd never notice on your own.

You Get Honest About Your Gaps

Gap analysis removes the illusion of understanding. You learn where your real blind spots are, not where you think they are.

Your Data Stays Yours

ReadGraph runs entirely on your machine. Your notes, reading history, knowledge graph — all stored in a local PostgreSQL database. No cloud. No subscription. No risk of a startup shutting down and deleting your data. (Remember when Pocket shut down in July 2025 and 17 million users lost everything? That can't happen here.)

It Works for Any Non-Fiction

Psychology, history, science, philosophy, business, self-improvement — if it has chapters and concepts, ReadGraph can help you learn it deeply.

You Control Your AI Spending

Built-in budget controls let you set daily, weekly, or monthly spending limits. The system tracks every API call's cost and pauses when you hit your cap. Supports 300+ AI models including free ones. No surprise bills.

The Journey: From Weekend Project to Learning OS

ReadGraph didn't start as what it is today.

The early versions were bare-bones — a book tracker with a basic AI chat. Notes lived in browser storage. No enrichment, no knowledge graph, no assessments.

The middle versions added the pieces that made it actually useful: automated enrichment that finds supplementary material, a knowledge graph connecting concepts across books, and real assessments with honest grading.

The recent versions focused on depth and polish: the Communication Lab for practicing what you learn, spaced repetition for vocabulary retention, a journal for processing the emotional side of learning, rich visual responses (diagrams, charts, concept maps), a complete design system, budget controls, accessibility, and security hardening.

Eight major versions. Each built on the insight that reading and learning are different activities, and the gap between them is where the real opportunity lies.

Who Is This For?

Startup founders trying to self-educate on business, finance, marketing, and leadership — fast
Career changers reading their way into a new field
Students who want to go deeper than their coursework
Researchers building knowledge across papers and books
Lifelong learners tired of reading books and forgetting them
Anyone who reads non-fiction and wants to actually retain and apply what they read

If you've ever finished a book and thought "I feel like I should know more than I do" — that's the exact frustration ReadGraph was built to solve.

The Philosophy Behind the Design

Three principles guided every decision:

Local-First

Your learning data is deeply personal. It reveals what you don't know, where you struggle, and how you think. That data should live on your machine, not on someone else's server. ReadGraph is fully local — your database, your files, your control.

AI-Augmented, Not AI-Dependent

The system enhances your reading process — it doesn't replace it. You still read the book. You still take notes. You still think through problems. The AI finds supplementary material, identifies gaps, generates assessments, and visualizes connections. It's a force multiplier for effort you're already putting in.

Depth Over Breadth

ReadGraph is deliberately designed for one book at a time, read thoroughly. It doesn't optimize for reading speed or volume. It optimizes for understanding. One book read deeply with ReadGraph will teach you more than ten books skimmed without it.

What's Next

ReadGraph is a living project. Some areas being explored:

Multi-book synthesis — generating insights across your entire library
Obsidian Sync — exporting your knowledge graph directly to your Obsidian vault
Deep Research — multi-agent research workflows
Local LLM support — running models on your machine for complete privacy

The core thesis remains the same: the gap between reading and learning is solvable, and the right combination of AI, knowledge mapping, and active recall can close it.

Try It Yourself

ReadGraph is available now as a one-time purchase — full source code, no subscription, runs locally forever.

Get ReadGraph at readgraph.app

If you think this kind of tool should exist, I'd also appreciate your support on Product Hunt — it helps other learners discover it:

Vote for ReadGraph on Product Hunt

Final Thoughts

I built ReadGraph because I was frustrated with my own reading habits. I was consuming books but not learning from them. The highlights were piling up but the knowledge wasn't.

The research was clear: forgetting isn't a character flaw — it's biology. And the tools to fight it have existed in academic literature for decades. Spaced repetition. Retrieval practice. Concept mapping. Self-explanation. The problem was that no one had put them all together into a system designed for how real people actually read non-fiction.

What surprised me most was how much the knowledge graph changed my relationship with reading. Seeing concepts from different books cluster together — realizing that a chapter on negotiation tactics connects to a chapter on cognitive biases from a completely different book — that's when reading starts to feel like building something rather than consuming something.

If you've ever felt the gap between how much you read and how much you retain, you're not alone. That gap is exactly what ReadGraph was built to close.

One book, read deeply, is worth more than ten books skimmed.

ReadGraph is a self-hosted AI learning OS, currently at v8.0. One-time purchase. Full source code. No subscription. Runs on your machine forever.

Rules and tools to Rule on code- Chapter 1

Abhishek — Sun, 31 Jan 2021 12:03:12 +0000

Struggling with a bunch of lines of code and not able to understand how the code is working or unable to understand how to start code to solve the problems is a very basic and well-known fact. But this is hard to understand for those who recently start code or learning how to code. This is not yet out there we also have devs who are struggling with the work style life because they cannot balance their personal and professional life. So in this article, I’ll share my experiences “How I overcome with these types of problems and tools which really helped me a lot”.

I will start everything from 0, i.e. how to code? And in the end, will end on 1 also share the tools and techniques which I follow to make a balance with my professional and personal life.

Note: If you already have some experience in programming then you can skip the Language selection part.

Language Selection

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About, 90% of students select a random programming language (mostly prefer languages recommended by experienced programmers or it looks cool to them) and start learning with no plan or strategy due to which when they are not able to implement they get frustrated easily due to which they give up or mostly again start with a new randomly selected programming language but after some times they also give up.

Here I am not going to suggest any specific language name because once when I will suggest something to you I will suggest based on my experience or like-dislike which may not be suitable for you.

So the best solution for this phase is to understand why you want to code? Once you understand, you will have a logical goal of what you want to become to pursue your career as a developer. Now it’s time to do some research work in which field you are interested. To fast this process just Google using keywords like If you want to become Data Scientist then Google “Roadmap for Data Scientist” or “Data Science Roadmap”, “Data Science Prerequisite”. Follow only popular blogs like Freecodecamp, Dev.to, or any famous Medium publication to get quality material. For now, just note down all the names of the language according to the given flow of roadmap, i.e. very basic requirement to start.

As you know the basic requirements now, you are ready to shine in the world of programmers.

Reading vs Watching

Everyone has his unique way to learn something most of you like to read, to learn something new, while most of you prefer some video lectures in order to learn. But which is the best way to create a firm base?

Actually, both are good if looking from a unique perspective. Let’s look at them one by one.

Reading is the method which forces you to think about something really hard due to which you learn lots of things and also improve the analysis and understanding skill more accurately and fast as compared to watching. But sometimes in critical concepts, it makes really hard to understand or limit creativity. Limiting creativity is in terms of implementation here. Not able to think how to implement that certain thing in the actual world or practically. But no one can deny that is reading is an unlimited source of knowledge that is open for all.

Watching is actually opening the gate to think more practically. Watching videos does not give you much time to think about concepts that you watched so due to which you get limited knowledge. Scope of the knowledge limit to only what the only the instructor knows.

But If reading is an unrestricted source of knowledge, then Watching is an unlimited source of experiences and practices.

How I work

Now the question is which one to choose? Actually, it’s totally on the learner in which way he learns fast. Here what I follow when I learn something new

Before start learning any topic first, I ask myself how important is it i.e. Is it very urgent or not? If yes, then how many days I have to complete it? And this last step, i.e. completion of that task, I break it into 3 parts 1. Basic 2. Avg. and 3rd is Master. So mostly I made all the list of things I have to learn video link of the video course or blog or both then assign them a tag any of above 3. Assigning a tag is difficult to part because before assigning it is have to have an idea about the difficulty level of the task and will you able to achieve that task in such interval time or not, In case you not able to complete what you expected then don’t get stressed just analyze them and learn why you not able to achieve and what you had to do in order to achieve. All these small steps make a knock on the success door later.

Suggestion: If you are weak or have weak imagination skills to relate theoretical things to the real world, then I will suggest that you go with the videos first (for the basics only). Once you have done with the video, then start any blog or book for depth.

Use features as A WEAPON

To understand this just make a list of IDEs, Frameworks, Application etc and their features. Have you listed all the name of the application and features ??
If yes then let us know by commenting below…
Now it’s time to answer why we have to use them. Features makes works easy and also saves your lots of time too. If you think it’s not worth it then let me explain it with an example…
Let’s say you are watching some tutorial on Youtube. As you are so intelligent and slow teaching results boredom for you so now you have to 2 ways continue first is close and 2nd one is simply waste your valuable time in searching any alternative. But if I say you have another solution to go with same same video without irritating… then solution is very simple i.e. increase the playback speed of the video from normal to the speed at which you can understand.
As you can see every platform have some unique features but generally we don’t use their speciality or we use to prefer only that which one you like the most. So if you are using any platform then you have to know about the features (At least know only those which you think will be useful for you ).
For IDEs extensions are most widely features which people use across the globe. This is the main reason most beginners prefer VS Code or Sublime Text.

If you just decided to practice on your 1st programming language then I will suggest to use only these 3 extension

Debug Visualizer
If you not able to understand the flow of the code you have then it is the best tool to visualise the code. For VS Code , For Sublime text
Debugger
It will helps you to find the error in your code. For VS Code , For Sublime Text
Beautify
Beautify helps you to write the code in a format. Generally programmer does not use indentation and spaces in right format which makes the code hard to read. So Beautify helps you to write code in clean format. It is possible that Beautify does not support the language in which you are practicing so you have to find the alternative like Prettier . But before searching “Code formatter for VS Code or Sublime” go to description to see the supporting languages. For Vs Code, For Sublime Text

Here few extension suggestions for VS Code:

This is a never ending list so I just wrote few of them. Now it is your job to find which suites you better.

For sublime text I will suggest you to go through this blog.

This all for this series. In next upcoming we will describe about productivity, timeline, best practice with a long list of problems, interview preparations, etc.
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Career Guidance

Abhishek — Wed, 14 Oct 2020 06:07:40 +0000

As you all see lots of technical articles so I decided to write on something nontechnical. Here in this article, I covered some most common problem which students face in his day to day life. I don't add any questions from the internet these questions asked students through mailing. One last thing is this article gonna be a little long so please take a cup of tea/coffee and enjoy reading and hope it will useful for you all also. So let's start.

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I have been put into computer science by my parents and I have no interest but I’m trying to make the most use of it and have a good career.
I have difficulty in learning programming be it any language. I’m fine with the syntax and all but when it actually comes to thinking and coding I’m not able to do it.
I keep jumping from one thing in cs to another, like web Dev to ai dev then SDE to IoT, and I suck at coding. I really need a clear path and how to go about it. I want to be good at software dev and then be an ai dev at the same time I want to have front end knowledge.

First of all, thank you for sharing your problem with us and trust in us. In your case, there are 2 phase 1st one is your i.e. What you want to become? and 2nd one is your parents i.e. What your parents want to see as a developer/ career in CS or not? So let's take a look at both phases one by one.

Phase 1: As you do not have any interest in programming like stuff and don't want to make a career in the computer science field but just due to family pressure or because of parents you have to study programming and struggling with your career now. So the work which you never want to do but due to the pressure you are doing which results in you are not able to plan things with surety and confident. So in the last, you start getting depressed and not satisfied with the result. Hence very bad for everything i.e. you can say the worst case in all scenarios.
Now let's move to the 2nd phase.

Phase 2: In most Indian parents the problem is they don't let children study what he wants just because they over the care and just want to make our career in the field which is most trending in current time. They thought that if my children join this field then he/she has a very bright future with a good salary. So if you just place yourself in his place then you will get that they are not wrong. It's possible when you will be in his place you will think in the same way. So don't get mad at them for just because of this.

Now, what is the solution to the problem?
As you know in the upcoming days we are depending on computer systems so with the changing world I'll suggest you change the way you think. For example, in the present, there are lots of students who start learning things from the internet or simply you can say with the use of tech products and not only these even those who want to become teachers but due to some reason they not able to pursue his career in teaching professions they started his own channel to teach or started his website, writing blogs and other things.
Let me explain it with another example there so many UI and UX developers who work as developers and artists both. In the professional world, they work as a developer/designers while in daily life work as an artist. So there is no need to worry about it. You still have the chance to make your career in other fields in which you want.

Not able to code?
Programming is one of the most challenging problems and in programming, we have 2 stages 1st is learning i.e. Syntax and 2nd is the implementation. Mostly in starting when students not able to implement they start thinking like maybe I do not know the syntax or not able to build logic or how to write code but the reality is you know the syntax, you able to build logic and you know how to code. But you get failed just because you are afraid of errors. Let me tell you one thing when I started coding my 1st language was C so I finish the C course in just 6 days yes in just 6 days!!! and I learn all these from NIIT Allahabad but when my teacher told me to write a code of adding 2 numbers then at that time I was totally blank and I was not able to figure out why this is happing I know the syntax, I read all the theory about more than 5 times, I know how to solve the problem then why I'm not able to write code? And I struggle with this problem for about a month. One day I just go through a blog named how to code? and when I read that in the last I figure out the solution. A line like to mention is that "Don't get afraid of getting the errors? Afraid from compilation successful." It's just because the hours you spend on the error you will learn what is the reason behind a specific error and it also increase your problem-solving skills.
Here I wrote a blog for those who are struggling with codes I'll suggest you read it once and hope it will be helpful for you:

HOW TO MAKE IMPLEMENTATION BETTER : Part 1

Abhishek ・ Nov 30 '18 ・ 6 min read

#article #coding #discuss #advice

How to make implementation better Final part

Abhishek ・ Feb 20 '19 ・ 4 min read

#article #coding #discuss #advice

Before learning I will suggest you search the domain in which you want to work after that to achieve the target follow the roadmaps to get roadmap just Google "Roadmap to become a " e.g. if you want to get a roadmap of web developer then just Google "Roadmap to become a web developer ".
Jobs:
in case you still not want to code then there are so many fields in CS in which you can work without coding/programming. So to know more about the fields you have to Google "Job with zero codings experience or Job without coding".
Here I'll recommend going through this one
10 Tech Careers That Don't Involve Coding

Suggestion:
If you really want to learn something and want to grow yourself then I'll suggest that just discuss the problem with your friends, teachers, WhatsApp groups, etc. As we made code warrior just because to help students who really want to make his/her career in CS fields and lagging just because of guidance or resources. So if you guys do not discuss your problem with us then how we will able to know you have some issues/ problems. Don't think about that if ask a problem then what others think blah blah so for this let me tell you one thing is that "logo ka kaam hai kahna so don't worry about log kya kahege".
[If you aren't able to understand the last line I'll suggest just translate it from Hindi to English]

** Self-study... I don't have perfect guidance..>** I am introverted...I love to learn new things .. interested in technology I Love to create new projects that helpful for me and others... love to do AI and Data science projects.
Overthinking, afraid of problem-solving, I will read everything but when I want to solve any problem or build logic I can't remember them.

I answered the problem of the solution into 2 parts. So let's start with part 1. Here the lines I wrote:

As you told us you are a self-learner so I'm impressed it's not because you are a self-learner it's because you took this step in your career. Generally, most people complain that they are not able to get his goal because they do not have anyone to guide them, etc, etc. But you by taking this step prove that you have a passion to achieve your goals. So keep it up and never settle down.
Now let's back to the problem you asked. As you told us that you don't know where you have to study Data Science and AI so that you can make a career in ML. 1st of all I will suggest you make some projects on ML before starting the data science and AI it's because by making projects your understanding of concepts get better day by day. If you already made some projects then you can go for data science and AI. Now the problem is from where you can learn these then here some list of resources from where you can learn more about the ML

Kaggle: Kaggle is the world's largest data science community with powerful tools and resources to help you achieve your data science goals.

Visit: Kaggle

Towards Data Science: A Medium publication sharing concepts, ideas, and codes on ML, Data Science, Python, etc.
Visit: Towards Data Science

Coursera: You can learn ML and Data science courses from Coursera also if you are thinking that they are paid then just applied for Financial Aid where you have answered the questions after that courses get approved after about 15 days.
How I got Financial Aid for Data Science Course on Coursera !!!

Here some useful links:

* The best Data Science Courses> on the internet.*

Part-2
Again I break the problem into parts and then provide a solution to problems.

1st Problem: "Overthinking and Afraid of problem-solving"

Solution:

"Overthinking" is a very common problem in students. If I say that I don't overthink any topic related to my career, related to studies or related to relationships, etc then, in this case, that person lying to you. In general, everybody overthinks so now it's on you how to think. To explain it in a more sustainable way let me take an example from your daily life. In general, when you are scrolling your social media account you saw that A student of tier 2 or tier 3 college gets a package of 35 lakh in Amazon. Now when you do some research on that guy you got that he had done a total of 3 internships in top companies like Directi, Amazon, and out of 3, he did 2 in Amazon so due to good performance Amazon gave him PPO (Preplacement Offer). Now you start comparing yourself to that guy which result in you get depressed, start feeling low, and always thinking about that he had done 3 interns in 4 years of UG and me neither done an internship in the last 3 years now you are in 4th year and also do not know what to do. So due to this, your performance gets affected and due to bad performance, you start taking the wrong steps which result in 0.
So What to do so that you do not "overthink"?

The answer is simple you can't escape from overthinking. Actually thinking is part of your brain and it's a very common thing that when you do anything right or wrong your brain starts making perceptions on that topic so you can't break this habit. Then what is the solution to this problem?
It's very easy and simple and mostly you read in lots of motivational blogs, books, and listen to videos "Positive thinking/Think positive". Now the question is how??
As I said earlier that thinking is part of your brain's functionality if you stop thinking means your brain is in a dead state. To surpass this problem you have to follow these few steps:
When you read something or someone shares that an IIT student gets placed in Google then instead of comparing yourself with that guy try to think about "HOW?" what was his process to get that post in such a huge company. Now the main and important point i.e. 2nd "How?". With all these steps you also have to think about "How you can achieve that position?" We all have a few problems in our life but the solution to those problems can be found out through you in this case no other can help. So convert overthinking into your deadliest weapon instead of your weakness.
To gain confidence and to think in a positive way so that you never let down yourself I'll suggest starting reading books on self-development. Here some suggestions which are highly recommended by top developers and authors

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Definitely the book that made the biggest impact on my mindset. I think everyone should read this book. This is the only book I'll say that it's "life-changing". BUY

It's Not How Good You Are, It's How Good You Want to Be: Quick and fun motivational read for creatives. This will help you to stop complaining, and kick your ass to the next level.
The 5 Elements of Effective Thinking: I'm always trying to improve my thinking and decision making, this book helps me to see the holes in my thinking so I can improve. BUY

Essentialism: A great reminder to focus on what really matters, and how to say NO to most distractions. BUY

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: This was recommended to me, and I really enjoyed it. Entertaining and thought-provoking. BUY

On a daily basis make a list of the works you have to do like if started learning Python then, first of all, make a target that in a week or month you will finish the Python, and on daily basis, you give 2 hours to read or video, etc. so in this way make a list your work for your next day. When work gets done just mark them as done and always priorities your work. To give priorities you can use a numbering scheme like 10 number for most important works, 7 for normal works, 5 for those are not very necessary. At the end of the day just give you total mark like if done only 3 tasks out of 5 in a day whose marking was 10, 7, and 5 for work get done and 5,5 for the other two tasks. So your score will be 22 out of 32.
Do not make a long list try to do less work but with full focus and don't do multiple works at the same time.

2nd Problem: " I will read everything but when I want to solve any problem or build logic I can't remember them"

Actually, I already wrote the answer to these questions on my quora handle so you can visit them here the link of my quora handle Abhishek Kumar Shukla .

How can I become a master in programming? I'm in the first year of BTech and I haven't studied computer programming in my previous class.
How do I become a consistent coder? I have started my coding in HackerRank. I was able to solve problems initially but got stuck as it goes. I'm broke now. What am I to do now?
I recommend this blog to every person because this not only a guide for programming even its solution so I will suggest visiting and read it carefully.

3rd Problem: "I have a doubt...If I want to do an internship in any company in the data science sector ..they will ask for any certificate for the data science..."

In the current scenario course, completion certificates do not matter. When the interviewer takes an interview he focuses on your certifications in rare cases because that will not prove you the things as written in that certificate.
Please note that I'm saying this in an only case when you have any course certification. If you have certificates of appreciations or recommendations then they are highly valued.
Now what to do which proves that you know the things you mentioned. In that case, it can be done via making projects. So how to pick projects for that I'll recommend thinking about your daily life problems and you can solve them using ML. Or just search project suggestion in grp you will get a list of projects recommended by me.

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#5_Day Plan for the upcoming technical interview?

Abhishek — Tue, 18 Aug 2020 08:36:41 +0000

I just thinking about a situation what If you have a technical interview for a top leading companies like Google, Facebook etc. And you have only 5 days to prepare yourself and currently you do not have much idea about your interview so what will be your planning so that you can crack interview or simply what will the plan to prepare yourself for interview??
Please comment below your schedule/planning...

The Machine will be Friends or Enemies?

Abhishek — Mon, 20 Apr 2020 14:05:34 +0000

First of all, let me introduce to you what is AI?

What is AI?

According to Wikipedia:

In the field of computer science, artificial intelligence (AI), sometimes called machine intelligence, is intelligence demonstrated by machines, in contrast to the natural intelligence displayed by humans and other animals.

I think it’s a little bit complicated to understand. Do not worries wait I’m going to explain to you what is mean by AI?
Simply when someone says this word we all start to imagine something like a robot who follows our commands when we say something to him like Jarvis of Iron man movie. Actually, AI coders write some thousands of lines of code for robots or computers, etc. so they can do some tough tasks like Rubrick solving or more complicated works by his own knowledge or a set of data which they save during his training sessions. And when they perform some new task and that data is not his database then save it and use it in the future for his training.
Now hope the points are clear.
Let’s come back to our main topic does are they harmful to humans in the future?
If we start searching for thing question on the internet we will get thousands of results which say that AI will be harmful to humanity. On top of the Google search, we get an article Is Artificial Intelligence Dangerous? 6 AI Risks Everyone Should Know About which is written by Bernard Marr on the Forbes blog.
Even people like Bill Gates and scientists like Stephen Hawking also believe that they will one of the biggest reasons due to which humanity will be in danger.
In an interview with Stephen Hawking by BBC news channel, he clearly said that AI will be the reason which will be the reason that destroys humanity.
Here the video, you can watch the interview :

Even our present, the highest intelligent AI Sophia who also get the nationality of Saudi Arabia, also said in an interview the AI will take over the humans. Here the video of an interview

Now if we see these points then everyone is talking about they will be harmful and blah blah blah but no one is talking about the accurate reason.
As I said before if you search this one internet you will find thousands of articles and videos. And there are so many peoples who believe that this one is true i.e. In future AI will be harmful to us. Even people like Bill Gates and scientists like Stephen Hawkings are agreed with this point.
But what is the reality why they think they will be Even our present most Hi-tech robotic AI Sophia is also said in an interview future of humans is in danger. Robots will take over in the future.
But if you search the reason you will find that the technology will at the peak, or their intelligence be more than us, etc, etc.
These are what our world thinks about. But if go through my words then my answer is no. Because the reason is AI robots or machines whatever they will learn from us i.e. from a human if they will have feelings like hate then we are the ones who will responsible for this not them because we build them to learn new things and they will do perfectly. Humans like a terrorist or those who want to hurt others for his own profit then they will start to miss using the AI.
For more clarification let’s take an example of a newborn baby if the growth of a newborn baby will be in between people like those who are kind-hearted and they are very nice to others then the boy will also have the same property while if he’s grown up in between criminally minded people then he will adopt that property and will start doing the same thing for this the boy is not responsible we are the one who will be responsible if AI will be dangerous for us we can’t blame AI for this.

If you have any disagreement with my points then please comment I’m open to discussing with you guys.

Hope you enjoyed it. Thank You for reading.

This content originally posted at Medium by Abhishek Shukla (Me)

Does AI is really harmful to humans? | by Abhishek Shukla | Medium

Abhishek Shukla ・ Feb 28, 2019 ・ 4 min read
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Concept of a New Smart City: India Part-1

Abhishek — Tue, 24 Mar 2020 18:26:47 +0000

CONTENT

Introduction
Implementation Goal
Overall Description
Overloading Problem

1. Introduction

As our technology getting his pace our daily life works made easy and we are moving more towards the automated world. You are thinking about what is Sow Zeal then in simple and single word we can say is “save energy”. Actually, our idea is an upgraded form of smart street light based on IoT (Internet of things). With the help of this idea we can save energy in a more efficient form, we can generate and able to store, we can increase our home security, and able to know the vehicle is overloaded or not.

1.1 Purpose

As we all know in our country India uses natural resources instead of non-natural resources.
To produce electricity India depends on 40% on Natural resources and about 10% on like nuclear energies while in other countries like the US they use 40% Nuclear and 10% natural resources like coal. And we all know as time passes natural resources also reduces and in the upcoming 30 to 40 years we do not have natural resources while the US has enough coal to produce enough electricity for his people for the next 30-40 years from when coal does not exist in this world.
So, the main purpose of this project is to save more energy as we can.

1.2 Overview

In section 1.3 i.e. Environmental Characteristics, As we are talking about saving energy but to save one thing we can’t destroy others like Environment so in this one we going to talk about how we can use our other projects like with the help of solar we can save energy for lights etc.
In section 2 i.e. Implementation Goal, we will talk about where we can use this concept.
In section 3 i.e. Overall Description, in this section, we will talk about our idea i.e. what is the idea, how we can implement, etc.
In section 4 i.e. Pros and Cons, in this what are the benefits of using this concept. In section 5 i.e. a well-named process or workflow diagram.

1.3. Environmental Characteristics

As firstly I said we are talking about saving energy does not refer that we start damaging our environment. Because without an environment there is no life so talking about saving energy is worthless. So now the point is how are we gonna save the environment?

To save the environment we can use pre-defined concepts that is fist save energy then reuse it. Now there are so many ways in which we can save energy i.e. we can use the solar panel to store electricity and we can use in the night.
As I mentioned we will also gonna tackle the problem of which vehicle is overloaded which is not for that we have to measure pressure on tiers for that we can use piezoelectric sensors which can transform pressure due to vehicles into electrical energy and can store and reuse it in the night.

2. Implementation Goal

Now the point is where we can use these concepts?
We can use these concepts in high metro cities like Mumbai, Bangalore, Delhi, etc. Not even in high metro cities even we can use in small cities like Kanpur, Lucknow, Varanasi, Allahabad, etc.
Only in these areas, the concepts will be beneficial because these areas have a high consumption of electricity. And also have security problem especially cities like Delhi and Allahabad.
We are considering because in villages where roads are in the worst condition even does not exist how would you think there will be an electric poll.
Even they do not get 18 hrs of electricity. That’s why we did not include this type of area. We can use these concepts on highways too.

3. Overall Description

Now we come to our core idea how it’s all things gonna work i.e. his overall working process.

3.1 Smart Street Light: Power Saving at a huge rate.

If we talk about our basic main idea of smart street light is the street light system, in which lights on when needed and light-off when not needed. Currently, in the whole world, enormous electric energy is consumed by street lamps, which are automatically turn on when it becomes dark and automatically turn off when it becomes bright. This is a huge waste of energy in the whole world and should be changed. The lights turn on before pedestrians and vehicles come and turn off or reduce power when there is no one. It will be difficult for pedestrians and drivers of vehicles to distinguish our smart street lamps and the conventional street lights since our street lamps all turn on before they come. The present status and the future prospects of our smart start light project will be reviewed.

As you can see in the above 2 images they are showing how the idea works.
Now our concept is we will add something in this idea i.e. AI (Artificial Intelligence).

3.2 Security

As our technologies are getting higher privacy is the first focus Are we secure? As in small cities chain snatching or rape like cases also can increase so for that we will also have a solution. For that, we will use high-quality night AI cameras (with a vision of 360) who can detect the face of any person even at night.
Now the question is why night camera and how they work? They work in the following manner
First, we will set a camera range so he can detect faces in his range as 1st camera’s range is over then we will set another camera from that range to something another. In this way, we will set the camera at an electric pole. Now they work normally for all other cases but they will work differently in the case of the thief.
For theft cases, we will use an application that is verified by the Government through which we can access the camera and can set on our house. Below his step by step working process :

First to access the camera you must have to be citizenship in that country.
When you Sign Up first you have to give you a valid ID proof which will be verified by the government after that you will get access but for a specific time interval. As I said the camera will have a vision of 360 in this way he can track both street and house as well.
Only one person have access for a house and if he is going out of station then he can pass his access to one of his family member with full detail.
If someone is going outside then he has to fill how many members are going to stay inside that house i.e. in case someone is going in-office party but his child of age 15-25 is going to stay then he has to fill all option with the picture.
In case if an intruder jump inside that house then there will be 3 tasks happen 1st buzzer with a focus of red light on that house. 2nd will be a message automatically will send to the owner of the house as well as the near police station and 3rd will for instant action a message will send to a trusted person who is staying near to that house.

4. Overloading Problem

To tackle a problem like a vehicle overloading we will add sensors on speed breaker or on a section of road which will do 2 things at a time 1st he will measure pressure on tiers and with the help of that can able to detect overloaded vehicle and 2nd due to pressure we can generate electricity and store in a capacitor or we can charge the battery so in the night we can reuse it.
And with the help of an AI camera, we can detect the vehicle numbers of the overloaded vehicle and send them to the traffic police databases.

For now, I think it's enough. The rest will be in part-2 in which we will discuss some more advanced and critical parts of project.

Stay Safe and Healthy.

Startup Phase 1

Abhishek — Wed, 19 Feb 2020 14:51:20 +0000

It has a very long time since I do not post any article on Dev.to. The reason behind was my own startup. Yes, startup!!!!
In this one, I'm going to tell everything like "How I got Idea for this startup? ", "How I reach my goal?" etc.etc.
First of all, I want to tell you about my startup "what it is all about??"
Basically, the name of my startup is "the Compactia". It's not more than an e-commerce website for tech products like DSLR/Digital Camera, Laptops, Mobiles, and their accessories. It sounds so simple and nothing looks interesting. Yes, I know that. Now you will be questioning how's my startup different from others and why anyone has to purchase from my website?
Then ladies and gentlemen answer is simple "Good quality products at lowest market value." "Free Fast and Secure Delivery All Overworld." "You can request any product which not listed on our website and we will provide you at the lowest market cost within 2-3 Days."

Due to the short time, I will explain everything in part. I want to make every article short and precise that's why I will explain other things in next articles.

Till that you can visit/can explore our website and suggest to me if have something to tell so that we can improve our service/website. The link is below

the Compactia

We all are Codengers!!

Abhishek — Sun, 13 Oct 2019 17:16:38 +0000

Hello, everyone, nothing has been written on this website for a long time. The reason behind this was Codengers. Now you are thinking about "What is Codengers?"
Then here about the Codengers...
We are college students who running a codding community for all college. So Codengers is the name of our community. It's about 6 months ago our community also become a part of the Coderdojo Community which comes under the Raspberry Pi Foundation, Ireland, Dublin. (Search on Google "Allahabad@Codengers")
As a programmer, we were trying to do something which will be beneficial for others also i.e. students who are not part of the community at our college. A simply says other college students, studying in the Computer Science branch. But the question was "How?". So we started figuring out what are the basic problems students facing during his study. The most basic one was students of tier 3 colleges do not know about websites from where they can get quality of resources if they know about any good website then they have to pay a huge amount to complete their certification course which they can't afford. Even most of our friends we found they generally do not about alternatives to paid software.
So we started searching for the solution on the internet and start making a list of websites from where everyone can get paid courses for free and not only courses software for free.
After making the list we have to wait for 2-3 months to collect money so we can run a website where you will get everything for free.
Now our website is active for the last 15-20 days. Here some features/materials of our website:

Paid Courses of Websites like Udacity, Udemy,Lynda etc. (Torrent File)
Enroll your self directly in online Udemy Certification Courses
E-books
Best Alternative of paid softwares and Cracked Softwares also
Interview Preparation Kit for companies like Google
Daily Practice Problem
Selected Articles/Blog
Paid PC Games

and much more...

Currently, we have a 500+ GB programming language courses, More than 1 GB of E-books, and the list goes on...

To take a look please visit at Codengers .
If you want to support us please share it with others also.

Hope you like the content. Have any question, please feel free to ask and we are always looking forward to suggestions.

Note: This website is just a huge collection of links we do not promote or support piracy. We just tried to make the collection of top high rated content from where anyone can get for free.

Google season of Docs

Abhishek — Thu, 09 May 2019 13:07:22 +0000

Hello, everyone, I need a suggestion
Actually, I want to know something. I'm preparing for Google season of Docs 2019 so can you help me how to write or some tips?

Here the sample of the article I wrote on LinkedIn and Dev.to community

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/digital-data-storagenatural-resources-naturalresource-abhishek-shukla/

https://dev.to/abhishekalbert

How to make implementation better Final part

Abhishek — Wed, 20 Feb 2019 08:43:32 +0000

In Short Part 1

In the 1st part, I shared my of the coding journey how I start, how to make the code more efficient. And discussed some basic key concepts like program, programmer, instruction, code, syntax etc. what is standard definition and what is the real meaning of these key concepts or you can say differentiate between standard definition and real-world meaning.

Want to read 1st part

Now let's come to the present and discussed some more thing have some important role.
But before going to the main idea I have a list of questions which you have to ask with yourself. These questions are not language based or field specific. And you do not have to post anywhere so, don't worry just go for this question.

Are you ready to learn programming/coding

If you are a beginner then which language you are going to choose and why?

Why do you want to learn programming/coding? You want to learn because it's sound cool or you really have some interest?

How's your code going to help in our daily life?

Are you able to correlate what you learn with your daily life?

How will you tackle when you or get a programming problem?

How you overcome that problem?

What are some daily life example like any computer software or application name written in that language?

How you gonna use it for your benefits?

and so many questions like this you have to ask with yourself and these basics key concepts will help you to become a good programmer or make your implementations better.
Generally, when we get a problem or an idea that time we directly start thinking about the problem's solution like if we talk about a question of adding 2 numbers asked from C language or a problem related to design something we directly start thinking about like in C how many variables we are going to use or if talk about in design we directly start working on design without making a blueprint or a test design. Now, this one is the biggest mistake generally beginners do that's why they can't implement code efficiently and the computer gives them a bonus result i.e. error or give a bad design as an output. And this one also creates confusion and sometimes due to the confusion they can't write whole code i.e. after a few steps they start thinking about what was the next steps and this will end up on irritation.
Due to this from my point of view, it's a bad choice or method. Still, most of you think why this method is wrong? If this method is wrong then what is the right way and also tell us what are the disadvantages of that method?
First, we look over what are the disadvantages of this method.

Disadvantages :

When we write code directly on the computer in this way we do two things at a time. 1st we think about the logic or design and at the same time we also implementing that logic and this creates confusion or sometimes it's a breakpoint and we did not know what will be the next step.
If you think in this method makes you a good coder/programmer then you are wrong. Because 1st it makes your debugging skill weaker due to which when you get an error you are not able to understand where is the error in the code and how to fix it.
In so many companies interview they will not provide you any laptop or computer they will give you a pen and paper to write code or design on that paper. So now in this way you can't implement better and do some silly mistakes due to which there is a chance of your elimination.
You will always have confusion after writing code on paper when you will get any. i.e. lack of confidence.

Now comes what you have to do or How you have to proceed:

So these are the some most important disadvantages you can face if follow that method. Now what you have to do when you get a problem.

DOs:

When you will get any problem you have to read the first problem twice to clear the concept and then start building the logic for that question how you have to proceed then write down the logic on a paper in your own way i.e. in your own pseudo-code then type the logic and run your program.

If you are a beginner and not able to write or not able to understand pseudo-code then I have another way or solution for this.

In this case, I will suggest you write code in your own way or make design freely just think some daily life example. But parallely try to understand or try to learn how to write standard pseudocode.
I suggest you pseudo code because in this way the logic you are trying to build for that because in this way you don't have to write the whole code. In just a few steps you will able to give the whole idea and this will helps you in future like when you will get a job or will work for any organization or during online contests.

For more and important points I will suggest you an article "The secret of great programming" is written by Ravi Shankar Rajan on Medium from this article you can make yourself a good article and get motivated.

Hope you like the article and will be helpful for you.

Thank You for reading.

Keep learning.

Happy Coding.

Abhishek Shukla

First Step towards Data Science and Python

Abhishek — Thu, 07 Feb 2019 17:48:37 +0000

Just going to start a course from data science which is an interactive course named as
Introduction to Data Science in Python
It's my first step towards data science and Python and at this time I'm so excited and it's like just can't wait to open and want to see What will be the next ??
And It's taking as a challenge to complete this 4 hours course in 5 to 6 days.
Yeah, I know it's more than enough time I'm giving on this course due to the busy schedule but hope this will be completed within 5 days.

So, any suggestions ??? If yes then please comment below in comment section.

Thanks.

Need Guidance!!

Abhishek — Mon, 28 Jan 2019 18:22:22 +0000

Hello there! Hope you are doing great.

Recently I opened a coding community in my college (tier-3) and it's 1st-time happened in my college so I need your support. Form last 2 months it's running through WhatsApp but now on Sunday, we have permission for a live session.

So the main goal of our community is to teach coding or programming stuff. So I need your support. Because of you guys are so professional and good experiences in your field so I want can some of you mentor us or guide us in your free time through WhatsApp or live video session. And one more thing it's a non-profitable community so we are not in a condition to pay you so please if anyone thinks he/she can then, please comment in the comment section I will message you directly.

If you are interested then please send a email to ugicodingclub@gmail.com

Thank you.
Hope for a better response.

DEV Community: Abhishek

I Built an AI-Powered Learning OS Because I Was Tired of Forgetting Everything I Read

The Problem: Your Brain Is Designed to Forget

The Science That ReadGraph Is Built On

1. Spaced Repetition — Fighting the Forgetting Curve

2. Retrieval Practice — The Testing Effect

3. Concept Mapping — Knowledge That Connects

4. Self-Explanation — Learning by Articulating

What ReadGraph Actually Does

Organize Your Reading

Automatic Knowledge Enrichment

An AI Mentor That Actually Knows Your Content

Gap Analysis

Real Assessments with Honest Grading

A Living 3D Knowledge Graph

Study Planner

Communication Lab

Reflective Journal

Dashboard That Tells the Truth

The Benefits: Why This Approach Works

You Actually Retain What You Read

Your Knowledge Compounds

You Get Honest About Your Gaps

Your Data Stays Yours

It Works for Any Non-Fiction

You Control Your AI Spending

The Journey: From Weekend Project to Learning OS

Who Is This For?

The Philosophy Behind the Design

Local-First

AI-Augmented, Not AI-Dependent

Depth Over Breadth

What's Next

Try It Yourself

Final Thoughts

Rules and tools to Rule on code- Chapter 1

Language Selection

Reading vs Watching

How I work

Use features as A WEAPON

Debug Visualizer

Debugger

Beautify

Career Guidance

HOW TO MAKE IMPLEMENTATION BETTER : Part 1

Abhishek ・ Nov 30 '18 ・ 6 min read

How to make implementation better Final part

Abhishek ・ Feb 20 '19 ・ 4 min read

Abhishek

#5_Day Plan for the upcoming technical interview?

The Machine will be Friends or Enemies?

What is AI?

Does AI is really harmful to humans? | by Abhishek Shukla | Medium

Abhishek Shukla ・ Feb 28, 2019 ・ 4 min read Medium

Concept of a New Smart City: India Part-1

CONTENT

1. Introduction

1.1 Purpose

1.2 Overview

1.3. Environmental Characteristics

2. Implementation Goal

3. Overall Description

3.1 Smart Street Light: Power Saving at a huge rate.

3.2 Security

4. Overloading Problem

Stay Safe and Healthy.

Startup Phase 1

We all are Codengers!!

Google season of Docs

How to make implementation better Final part

In Short Part 1

First Step towards Data Science and Python

Need Guidance!!

Abhishek Shukla ・ Feb 28, 2019 ・ 4 min read
Medium