r/Buildwithreddit

Have you ever opened a 100-page course PDF and instantly felt like procrastinating?

I used to think that was just laziness.

But now I think it’s often because the task feels too big.

You don’t know where to start, so your brain chooses the easiest option:

avoiding it.

That’s the problem I wanted to solve.

I recently became an engineer, and instead of taking the traditional path, I decided to build something around a problem I personally had as a student:

studying from huge PDFs, not knowing what actually mattered, and spending more time organizing my revision than actually studying.

So I built Quizly.

The idea is simple:

You upload a course PDF, and Quizly turns it into study materials like:

• notes
• flashcards
• quizzes
• mind maps
• podcasts
• exam mode

But the feature I’m most proud of is the source highlighting system.

When you answer a quiz question or review a flashcard, Quizly can show you exactly where the information came from inside your PDF.

The PDF appears next to your study activity, and the relevant passage is highlighted.

So you’re not just trusting random AI output.

You can check the original source, understand the context, and study from your own material.

I also noticed something while building this:

students often feel embarrassed to ask “stupid” questions in class, but they don’t seem to feel that same shame when asking AI.

I think that can be useful if the tool helps them actually understand better, not just memorize faster.

I don’t want Quizly to feel like another AI gimmick.

I want it to become something students actually come back to.

But to get there, I need honest feedback.

- What feels useful?

- What feels useless?

- What would make you use it regularly?

- What would make you delete it instantly?

If anyone here wants to try it (it's free) and give feedback, I’d genuinely appreciate it:

https://quizly.com

I’m building this for students, so hearing directly from students matters a lot.

Thanks for reading.

Hi all,

As i'm working on growing launchpact.io i'm seeing a lot of unprepped launches and as the day unfold they don't get much visibility and end up with a failed launch.

This is one of the reasons i build launchpact.io, if you have an upcoming launch do check it out and prep ahead of time, i also added this checklist that can give some hints too, have a read.

Good luck everyone!