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Mandarin Stack
Free tools for learning Mandarin: short stories, translation, flashcards and more.
Mandarin Stack is the language-learning workbench I wanted as an English speaker learning Chinese.
Why I built it
Studying Chinese keeps me honest about product design because progress is slow, embodied, and impossible to fake.
The project lets me test how AI can support memory, reading, pronunciation, and practice without flattening the language into chatbot theater.
What it is
Mandarin Stack collects the tools I keep wishing existed while studying Mandarin: graded reading, memory support, daily practice, and small apps that make the next rep easier to do.
The design goal is quiet persistence. It should help a learner keep moving without turning language study into another dashboard to babysit.
How it works
The early stack focuses on static lessons, generated reading material, review loops, and small utilities that can become independent tools.
Each piece should stand alone, but the long-term direction is a connected learner system that remembers what you know and gives you the next useful surface.