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A Course Map Where the Arrows Have to Explain Themselves

The first full microeconomics concept graph makes assumptions and source references part of each connection, giving me something more useful to inspect than a cluster of related …

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Aaron Scherf
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A Long Study Guide Still Needs to Answer the Right Questions

The first microeconomics guide connected selected sources, drafting, and reviewed edits—and showed why the finished guide still needed checking against the assignment.

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Aaron Scherf
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Giving the Questions in My Lecture Notes Somewhere to Go

Handwritten questions can lead to saved explanations, with a visible distinction between answers drawn from course materials and answers that still need sources.

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Aaron Scherf
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Tidying Up Academic Hub's Plumbing

Shrinking the notes history and keeping search records connected when source files move.

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Aaron Scherf
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Turning Dense Math Notes into Commute Podcasts

Building audio from mathematical notes meant translating formulas first, then discovering that a valid recording could still be far too long.

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Aaron Scherf
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An AI Tutor That Gives Hints and Checks Your Reasoning

A tutor that gives hints, separates different kinds of reasoning gaps, and checks a solution with a fresh view of the problem.

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Aaron Scherf
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Why I Use Obsidian and Excalidraw for Academic Notes

How automatic drawing exports and editable plugins help me connect handwritten notes with course materials and adapt the app to my tablet.

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Aaron Scherf
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Making Textbook Conversion Easier to Run in Batches

Reusing a textbook across courses and recovering from memory failures make conversion batches easier to supervise.

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Aaron Scherf
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Finding Academic Papers for a Research Library

Comparing abstracts with a research question and following citation trails to build a focused paper library.

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Aaron Scherf
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The Resume Step That Became Faster When I Removed the AI

Replacing a model's interpretation of a resume with a structured parser made the initial import faster and easier to check.

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Aaron Scherf
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