[tpoacher]

Most people commenting here seem to be focusing on memorization, which seems to miss the main point of the article. The big insight here is the chunking part, not the memorization bit.

I use anki in a similar way to the author and it has been truly transformative to my learning and daily habits.

And, like the author, anki has become part of my daily workflow even for things that it's not really specifically designed for; e.g. easy frictionless LaTeX notetaking, cross-referenceable database (via note ids), incremental learning repo, long-term reminders (gtd-style) etc.