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by kazinator 2555 days ago
Your comment lacks substance: you have not tried both approaches to provide some insight into their relative advantages and disadvantages.

I've never used flashcards for remembering anything related to programming, but I know how effective it is for foreign language learning, so I wouldn't jump to the conclusion that for programming it would be no better than just working with code.

Languages don't just have syntax but standard library and API functions. It seems like spaced repetition would be an efficient way to remember the synopses of 5000 functions, compared to just spending years reading and writing code.