[HN Gopher] Show HN: Rebrain.gg - Doom learn, don't doom scroll
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       Show HN: Rebrain.gg - Doom learn, don't doom scroll
        
       Hi HN,  I built https://rebrain.gg. It's a website which is
       intended to help you learn new things.  I built it for two reasons:
       1. To play around with different ways of interacting with a LLM.
       Instead of a standard chat conversation, the LLM returns question
       forms the user can directly interact with (and use to continue the
       conversation with the LLM).  2. Because I thought it would be cool
       to have a site dedicated to interactive educational content instead
       of purely consuming content (which I do too much).  An example of a
       (useful-for-me) interactive conversation is:
       https://rebrain.gg/conversations/6. In it I'm learning how to use
       the `find` bash command. (Who ever knew to exclude a directory from
       a look-up you need to do `find . -path <path> -exclude -o <what you
       want to look for>`, where `-o` stands for "otherwise"!)  Still very
       early on, so interested in and open to any feedback.  Thanks!
        
       Author : FailMore
       Score  : 25 points
       Date   : 2026-02-18 12:18 UTC (10 hours ago)
        
       | noosphr wrote:
       | Doom scrolling is when you just have to flip up. Maybe swipe if
       | it's an advanced app.
       | 
       | This is something else entirely and requires far too much
       | thinking for the label.
        
       | LZ_Khan wrote:
       | Improving the UI would only take you a few prompts
        
         | backbay-machine wrote:
         | lmao
        
       | cyrusradfar wrote:
       | My feedback reiterates what you're hearing about the cogintive
       | load being unruly. If you want to "beat" doom scrolling, you need
       | your mechanics to be as simple -- quick swipes and taps.
       | 
       | One potential direction, simple cards that are True/False.
        
       | rapatel0 wrote:
       | I think you should use nano-banana to auto matically create a
       | "youtube short" that might make this more addictive like
       | doomscrolling
        
       | RIMR wrote:
       | I am not a big fan of AI-generated educational content, mostly
       | because it's a great way to confidently learn falsehoods and
       | misconceptions. I would prefer to learn from a reliable and
       | reputable source.
       | 
       | I am also not a big fan of trying to beat doomscrolling. One of
       | the defining properties of doomscrolling is that it is mindless
       | and addicting. The moment you try to create a mindful, healthy
       | alternative, you've already lost. No product will ever beat
       | doomscrolling, only individuals dedicated to their own mental
       | health are capable of clearing this hurdle.
        
       | lambda wrote:
       | The example you gave is just so buggy; why do you think that this
       | is worth sharing with the world yet?
       | 
       | The very first question is full of obvious bugs.
       | 
       | You have 'find . -name "notes.txt"' selected, it then says 'You
       | submitted: ls -R | grep notes.txt: find . -name "notes.txt"',
       | then it responds:
       | 
       | 'Thanks -- your answer looks like it was partially entered.
       | 
       | 'You picked find . -name "notes.txt" (good choice). The
       | submission shows an escaped/unfinished string: find . -name \\.
       | The correct full command is find . -name "notes.txt", which
       | searches recursively from the current directory for files or
       | directories named exactly notes.txt.'
       | 
       | There seems to be some weird kind of quoting issue going on
       | there. I would fix obvious issues like that before sharing this
       | with the world.
        
         | n2d4 wrote:
         | > why do you think that this is worth sharing with the world
         | yet?
         | 
         | It's worth sharing because it's cool, even if it's not perfect
         | yet!
         | 
         | You'll never make every single person on HN happy. But if you
         | share your stuff early and make one person happy at the very
         | least that means you should keep working on it!
         | 
         | Don't let perfectionism get in the way of good enough :]
        
       | LowLevelKernel wrote:
       | Upon clicking 'continue' or 'submit', make it transition to a
       | different color which will give a good user experience
        
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