Developer builds personalized film discovery app to fix Letterboxd gaps
A developer is building a new app for personalized movie recommendations and taste tracking, motivated by what they see as weaknesses in Letterboxd. The project is in early stages and the developer is asking for community feedback.
Letterboxd is a popular app where people log movies they've watched, rate them, and share lists with friends. This developer felt it falls short when it comes to understanding your personal taste and surfacing movies you'd actually enjoy.
The new app aims to analyze your viewing patterns and recommend films that match your specific preferences. It's still in early development — no finished product yet — and the post is mainly seeking opinions on whether the idea has legs.
Key points
- Inspired by perceived gaps in Letterboxd's personalization and discovery features
- Focuses on taste tracking — learning what you like over time
- Early-stage project, no released product yet
- Developer is validating the concept by asking for public feedback
Quick term guide
- Elo
- A number that represents how skilled a player is in competitive games — it goes up with wins and down with losses.
- build
- A chosen set of in-game abilities or items a player equips for their character.
- persona
- A specific personality or role that an AI agent is set to play.
- Letterboxd
- A social app where people log movies they've watched, give ratings, and share lists with others.
- feedback
- A response that tells a user what they did well or should fix.
- share
- A server folder made available to apps or other devices.
- spec
- A written document describing exactly what a piece of software should do before you build it.
- reference
- Using a source to find information or confirm facts while working.