Why I Built Veris

This is the story of a Senior Software Engineer who could optimize complex systems, yet couldn't remember the Spanish word for "tomorrow."

After nearly a decade building software used by thousands of people, I found it strange that learning languages still felt so inefficient.

I had studied Spanish, French, German, Swedish, and others. Yet the experience was always the same: I'd be reading something interesting, discover an unfamiliar word, interrupt my reading flow to look it up, understand it… and then forget it days later.

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The problem wasn't motivation. It was the workflow.

Every lookup pulled me out of the moment. Every translation disappeared into a browser tab or search history. I wasn't building knowledge. I was repeatedly rediscovering the same words.

Existing language tools asked me to stop what I was doing: create flashcards, organize decks, switch between apps, manually write down the words without a context, and drill vocabulary in isolation. They treated learning as a separate activity instead of something that could happen naturally while reading.

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So I built Veris.

Veris lets you select any word or phrase on any webpage, instantly translate it, and save it with one click. It automatically remembers the translation, the original context sentence, and the source page. Then, using spaced repetition, it brings each word back at the right moment, just before you're likely to forget it.

All hopefully without interrupting your reading.

Veris works offline, supports 50+ languages, keeps your data stored locally, and fits into the way you already learn: by exploring, reading, and following your curiosity.

I built Veris for the learner I used to be: someone who kept opening translator tabs, looking up the same words, and wondering why progress felt so slow.

It turns out I wasn't the only one.