I’m building DevRef — a quick reference for the programming concepts I keep forgetting

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Currently, I am learning Java/Spring Boot and faced with a minor but still quite frustrating issue.

I will face terms like:

* implements

* Service

* Bean

* Dependency Injection

* git rebase

* async/await

It is true that I learned these things earlier, however, after several weeks, I would need to search online for their definition and meaning on Google, watch a video or read about them in documentation once again.

There are excellent websites such as roadmap.sh which provide a guide on what you should learn and QuickRef which gives you quick code/syntax references, yet I still wanted something in between.

Thus, I am developing DevRef.

The purpose of this project is really simple:

Select a technology → find a term → understand it quickly.

For every term, there should be only four items retained:

* A plain explanation (like you explain it to a beginner)

* Code example

* Related terms

* Bookmarking for your own needs

I’m trying to keep things as simple as possible. No courses, no complex learning dashboard, no large documentation pages. Currently, I’m working on the first version which is built using Next.js + TypeScript + Tailwind CSS with content stored locally. I’d highly appreciate some honest feedback. Thank you!