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24 September 2026 · 2 min read

Learning Japanese from anime without the cringe

Shows are the best listening material ever made, and the worst model for how to talk to your boss. Here is how Prima uses them.

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22 September 2026 · 2 min read

How the Fluency Score works, and why eighty

Grammar, variety, pace and the objective: the four numbers behind every scene on the map, and the one threshold that opens the next one.

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20 September 2026 · 1 min read

Why we sell minutes, not tokens

Every AI product wants to bill you in a unit you cannot feel. We chose the one you can.

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