[–] [S] 1 point 8 hours ago (1 child)

Your judgement is premature. Let me be clear. This is a huge project and It would take a very long time for a single person to make this perfect even with the help of the best ai agents.

I don't know what part of this is so complicated to understand. I want this free alternative to Brilliant to exist, no matter what the hatters say. That's the GOAL and this is the community driven model I've chosen to make it happen with the limited time I have.

If anyone wants to help, you're more than welcome. If not, don't get in the way. Save all the hating for some place worth it, not at someone who's trying to do sth positive.

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  • [–] [S] -3 points 1 day ago (4 children)

    Since all the lessons here are CC BY-SA, anyone, Khan Academy included, can use them as long as they keep them open. I'm also aiming to build this project in a way that it doesn’t really need me to stay alive. It’s a static site with no servers or accounts, so it costs almost nothing to run. If by any chance I ever stop, anyone can copy the repo and keep it going, lessons included. That’s kind of the point of making it open source.

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  • [–] [S] -4 points 1 day ago (10 children)

    Thank you for your feedback. Honestly many of the best IMO books I came across challenged readers in similar ways, but that style isn't suitable everywhere of course. And yes, so far I've found and corrected many such stupid mistakes 😄 That's why community contribution will be really important here.

    Regarding my background, my full name is publicly visible on github. You can search that up to see some of my background, education and activities. I have talked to some teachers about this and used their feedbacks, but there's still a long way to go. I can't foresee the future, but I'm serious about exploring this projects potential.

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  • [–] [S] -1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

    The code is just the player and not the most important aspect of this project. the actual lessons (the part that matters) are CC BY-SA 4.0, which is basically GPL for content. anyone who reuses or changes them has to keep them open under the same license and credit the project. same license wikipedia uses.

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  • [+] [S] -12 points 1 day ago (3 children)

    I've already read through at least 30% of all the pages myself. I don't think we'll have problem verifying stuff. And how'd I know that other non opensource websites don't have mistakes? I've seen many such problems in the biggest names like leetcode and khan academy.

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  • [–] [S] 0 points 1 day ago

    I never claimed that this is currently a finished product. My argument is that we'll verify and improve it as a community together. On each page, I placed a button where you can suggest an improvement or report a mistake. And no, It's NOT a copy of Brilliant. I didn't use any of their content, and they sure don't own maths and natural sciences.

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  • [+] [S] -16 points 1 day ago (6 children)

    I get it mate, there's a lot of low effort stuff out there right now. I did use AI a lot, but this isn't a one prompt thing, and it sure isn't done yet. I'm fixing lessons as people report problems. if you try one and it's actually bad, easily use the report button and we'll fix it.

    I can imagine that with this contribution system, it'll become WAY better than Brilliant. Take a moment and imagine that for a second. We'd have the best interactive learning software that's also open source and free for everyone.

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  • [–] [S] -1 points 1 day ago

    good points both. I've implemented this system where anyone can suggest an improvement and it opens up an issue on github. So feel free to report any improvements you can think of.

    translations are on my list, and it sure can be done with ai agents. But the quality and tone have to still be checked by someone.

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  • [–] [S] -1 points 1 day ago (1 child)

    Fair questions. for you $13/month is fine, but I personally remember that I didn't wanna spend this much money years ago when I needed it.

    on accuracy: right now it's me going through lessons plus anyone who hits the flag button, and every fix is public on github. I'm not going to pretend that's the same as a team of experts, it's honestly the weak spot and why I posted here. if you know a subject well and want to check a course, I'd really appreciate it. Together we can make this much better that Brilliant :)

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    Hey everyone! I really like how websites like Brilliant try to teach in an interactive way. But it's like $160 (or more depending on the region) a year so I've been making a free one.

    It's called OpenAha. right now there's 140+ courses and 1000+ lessons in math, physics and chemistry. no account or ads.

    A few to try if you only have a minute:

    This project is mostly implemented with claude: I planned every course, then wrote the lessons with AI. so far only about one third of the pages have been carefully reviewed by a person. That's why I'd really like people to poke at it. If a lesson is confusing or sth's wrong, make a PR or hit the flag button in the lessons. Also feel free to contribute on github to make this even better.

    code: https://github.com/open-aha/open-aha.github.io


    Edit, to clear something up: OpenAha isn't affiliated with Brilliant and doesn't use any of their content. I don't even have a Brilliant account. Brilliant just uses the style of learning I liked (try things first, explanation after). every lesson was written for this project, and we're improving it as an open source community.

    And yes it's not finished, there will be mistakes. That's what the flag button on every step is for, every report gets fixed in public on github

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