vmargb@portfolio: ~/blog Writing about things I find interesting. Sometimes dev, sometimes not. https://vmargb.github.io/ 2026-07-10T18:12:01Z vmargb arrow.el: Creating a unified bookmark system in Emacs. urn:uuid:6dafee68-6504-57c4-851f-f5d33f0db1f4 2026-07-11T00:00:00Z 2026-07-11T00:00:00Z Why I built arrow.el for emacs, a neovim plugin designed for mnemonic bookmarks. The final piece of the spaced-repetition puzzle. urn:uuid:1427a75d-a03f-5020-a11b-9531321c7e37 2026-07-08T00:00:00Z 2026-07-08T00:00:00Z Exploring how the spacing and testing effect can be extended to solving problems with long chain of thought. The missing part of existing Audio editors urn:uuid:260f1027-e0d7-5f2a-86d0-66ed8ba9c972 2026-07-05T00:00:00Z 2026-07-05T00:00:00Z Where audio editors like Audacity fail and why I built something better. Reclaiming re-reading and the Leitner box system for Emacs. urn:uuid:e8825f06-b861-5e39-8c8c-ae6955b270b0 2026-06-03T00:00:00Z 2026-06-03T00:00:00Z An Emacs org-mode solution for re-reading your buried org notes using spaced-repetition The iterative approach to notetaking (a better way to study) urn:uuid:91330fd1-5f96-505e-96ff-de4c5bbb92df 2026-01-02T00:00:00Z 2026-01-02T00:00:00Z An alternate and competing method of writing good notes based on real meta-learning studies Why I use Org-mode & Org-roam over Obsidian urn:uuid:b4c1ab1c-e318-55a0-9852-da0de0c1c612 2025-12-14T00:00:00Z 2025-12-14T00:00:00Z A note on why I went back to Emacs and never looked back, even with all the friction. Building a Better Anki: Enhancing Flashcards for Multi-Step Active Recall urn:uuid:50f7b4f9-71bd-5ba7-a439-f81cfe766715 2025-10-08T00:00:00Z 2025-10-08T00:00:00Z What I've learned from years of Anki and why I'm building something different. NixOS: three months in urn:uuid:dcb6e636-c385-5398-a2a1-c0a11b5e542c 2025-08-19T00:00:00Z 2025-08-19T00:00:00Z Everything I wish someone had told me before I wiped Windows. MCTS vs Minimax when to explore, when to exploit urn:uuid:ca80aa35-fd0d-5e30-a942-f818abc12e51 2024-11-30T00:00:00Z 2024-11-30T00:00:00Z Notes from building a chess AI: why pure Minimax is boring and why MCTS alone isn't enough.