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My wife walked in one day while I was peacefully sipping my cup of coffee and said, “Honey, I really wanna learn some cool new things, but finding cool new things to learn about is hard.” Now before I blurted out, “you ever heard of a book?”, I caught myself, cause I knew that was gonna be dangerous territory if I pulled a joke here (sometimes my big mouth get’s the best of me). I straightened my back, thought long and hard for a solid one second, and said, “give me a day, I’ll have knowledge delivered to you”. Now because I’m an amazing husband (or because I for some reason choose to go through life on hard mode at times) decided to build my wife an app that shows her a random summarized wikipedia article a day (probably should’ve told her to just visit wikipedia instead) across a wide range of topics including history, science, space, etc... Anyways, skipping through a few months later… my wife opened the app a couple of times, my family thought I was insanely awesome (had Uncle L tell me it was pretty cool after 4 beers), my friends thought I was a mad man, and my biggest daily power user became… well me. Now cause mama didn’t raise no quitter, I scrapped wikipedia as the source of the articles, cleaned up the app, got some amazing credible people to write legit articles spanning many topics (history, science, space, etc), created audio versions of said articles, added some games, and voila (chef’s kiss), I managed to launch a real app!

If you’re still reading this post, and feel like, “eh, why not, I wanna learn cool new things too”, or because "this guy sounds like mad man, let's see what he cooked up", you can check it out through the following link (also listed below): gekno.app

I'm also happy to give free lifetime premium access to anyone who wants it. No catch, no strings attached.

My wife walked in one day as I was sipping on my coffee and says, “Honey, I really wanna learn some cool new things, but finding cool new things to learn about is hard.” Now before I let my big mouth get the better of me by saying, “you ever heard of a book?”, I caught myself... Mainly cause I value my life, and I don't do too well on the sofa given my age and bad back. So instead, I sat up straight, thought long and hard for a solid second, and told her, “give me a day, I’ll have knowledge delivered to you”. Now cause I’m such an amazing husband (or cause I choose to make my life harder) I built my beautiful wife an app that shows summarizes a random wiki article a day (probably should’ve told her to just visit wikipedia in hindsight). Anywhooo, jumping through a few months later… my wife opened it maybe two or three times, my family thought I was a genius (Uncle L said I was a genius after 4 beers and maybe a few shots), and my biggest user became… well… me. If you're curious, Uncle L still hasn't tried the app out till this date... I blame his cataracts. Now cause mama didn’t raise no quitter, I got rid of wikipedia (no the site still works), cleaned up the app (my beautiful wife helped me design it, through her fantastic criticism), got some amazing people with legit creds to help write real articles, setup a podcast in the app, added some games, and voila! I managed to launch a real app.

Now if you’re still reading this, and feel like, “eh, why not, I like learning cool new things too, just like this internet stranger here”, you can check it out through: gekno.app 

I'm also happy to give free lifetime premium access to anyone who wants it. No catch, no strings attached.

I shared this in another subreddit ( r/lifelonglearning ) and found a ton of people were interested in this, so I thought I'd share it here as well, cause why not. Anyways, my wife walked in one day as I was sipping on my coffee and says, “Honey, I really wanna learn some cool new things, but finding cool new things to learn about is hard.” 

Now before I let my big mouth get the better of me by saying, “you ever heard of a book?”, I caught myself... Mainly cause I value my life, and I don't do too well on the sofa given my age and bad back. So instead, I sat up straight, thought long and hard for a solid second, and told her, “give me a day, I’ll have knowledge delivered to you”. Now cause I’m such an amazing husband (or cause I choose to make my life harder) I built my beautiful wife an app that shows summarizes a random wiki article a day (probably should’ve told her to just visit wikipedia in hindsight). Anywhooo, jumping through a few months later… my wife opened it maybe two or three times, my family thought I was a genius (Uncle L said I was a genius after 4 beers and maybe a few shots), and my biggest user became… well… me. If you're curious, Uncle L still hasn't tried the app out till this date... I blame his cataracts. Now cause mama didn’t raise no quitter, I got rid of wikipedia (no the site still works), cleaned up the app (my beautiful wife helped me design it - through her fantastic criticism), got some amazing people with legit creds to help write real articles, setup a podcast in the app, added some games, and voila! I managed to launch a real app.

Now if you’re still reading this, and feel like, “eh, why not, I like learning cool new things too, just like this internet stranger here”, you can check it out through: gekno.app 

I'm also happy to give free lifetime premium access to anyone who wants to try it. No catch—I'm just looking to share an easy way for people to learn cool new things.

My wife walked in one day as I was sipping on my coffee and says, “Honey, I really wanna learn some cool new things, but finding cool new things to learn about is hard.” Now before I let my big mouth get the better of me and said, “you ever heard of a book?”, I caught myself, cause I value my life. I sat up straight, pondered the situation for a solid second, and told her, “give me a day, I’ll have knowledge delivered to you”. Because I’m such an amazing husband (or cause I choose to go through life on hard mode at times) built my wife an app that shows her a random summarized wiki article a day (probably should’ve told her to just visit wikipedia instead). Anywhooo, jumping through a few months later… my wife opened it a couple of times, my family thought I was insanely awesome (had Uncle L tell me I was a genius after 4 beers), and my biggest user became… well… me. Now cause mama didn’t raise no quitter, I got rid of wikipedia as the source, cleaned up the app (my beautiful wife helped me design it), got some amazing people with legit creds to help write real articles, setup a podcast, added some games, and voila (chef’s kiss), I managed to launch a real app.

Now if you’re still reading this, and feel like, “eh, why not, I wanna learn cool new things too just like this internet stranger here”, you can check it out through: gekno.app 

I'm happy to give free lifetime premium access to anyone who wants it. No catch, no strings attached.

EDIT: Given the interest in the app, and because I'm struggling to keep up with sending out individual codes codes, I've setup an unlimited use promo code below that will be active for the next week which anyone can use to get free lifetime premium access to the app :) Feel free to respond to this post or email me at support@gekno.app if you face any issues using the code or have any questions/concerns :)

Promo code: LIFETIME10

Steps to redeem: Settings -> Membership -> Upgrade to Premium -> Upgrade Now -> Have a promo code?

EDIT 2: Thank you all for the amazing support, and kind words of encouragement! An honest review on the google or apple playstore would go a long way in helping me share the app with others <3 Also, Im noticing a few folks purchase a sub on the app to show support, but please, not needed! Enjoy the free lifetime promo code instead! I truly just want to share what I’ve built with everyone here, and your kind words and show of support is more than enough! :)