About

I’m Alexei Vinidiktov. I study languages, test learning methods, and build tools I use myself.

This is where I document it all — what I’m reading, what I’m trying, and what I’m making.

I think about language learning as a system you live inside: reading books, picking up vocabulary, going back to languages I haven’t touched in years, and trying different kinds of input. I want the whole process to work better and not fall apart after six months.

Reading is the part I keep coming back to. Not as a source of “content,” but as the thing that actually drives comprehension and vocabulary over time. I’ve tried a lot of approaches. Reading is the one that keeps working.

Some of what I work on becomes tools — Ember is the main one, built out of my own reading practice. Other projects deal with vocabulary and learning workflows. Some of it becomes writing. Some stays half-finished for longer than I’d like to admit.

If you’re interested in languages, reading, or building your own learning tools, you’ll probably find something here.