I hate Duolingo

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Why it worked

The video leverages a relatable pain point (Duolingo's repetitive nature) to showcase technical skill, creating a high-value 'how-to' hook that drives traffic to the creator's broader content ecosystem.

Summary

The creator demonstrates a custom program they built to automate Duolingo exercises. They then direct viewers to their YouTube channel to learn how the program was built.

Structure

1Expresses frustration with Duolingo
2Shows the automation program in action
3Demonstrates various exercise types being solved
4Claims the ability to speak any language
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Original caption

I hate Duolingo #programming #coding #computerscience #softwareengineer

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check out my youtube video on it

On-screen text

I HATE DUOLINGO Speak this sentence I hate it so much that I made a program that does all the exercises for me it can do multiple choice listening translating it can even do the speaking exercises and now I don't have to use this trash app because I can basically speak any language in the world now If you want to see how I built it you can check out my youtube video on it

Transcript

I hate Duolingo. I hate it so much that I made a program that does all the exercises for me. It can do multiple choice, fill in the blank, listening, translating, matching. I can't believe it. It can even do the speaking exercises. And now I don't have to use this trash app because I can basically speak any language in the world now. If you want to see how I built it, you can check out my YouTube video on it.