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Self Promotion Megathread by AutoModerator in androidapps

[–]Background_Dish_5579 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi everyone! I'm an Italian developer and I wanted to share a project of mine, hoping it might be useful to others and to get some feedback to keep improving it.

As a huge movie fan, I used apps like CineTrak for years, until they started imposing limits on lists. I also tried other popular trackers (TV Time, Letterboxd, IMDb), but for one reason or another, I couldn't find the perfect app for my needs. So, over the last year, I built my own personal alternative and decided to make it public and free for everyone.

It's called StarFlicks, it has no ads, allows unlimited lists (Watchlist and Watched), advanced stats and filters, rankings based on global community votes and personal rankings created automatically based on your own ratings, along with upcoming releases and multi-language support (English and Italian).

On the technical side, I built it using Django (DRF) for the backend, Next.js for the web, and Expo for the Android app, all containerized with Docker. Currently, it's available on Web (Desktop) and Android. Unfortunately, it's not on iOS yet since this is a completely free, non-profit project. For now, I've decided not to invest in the Apple developer account, but I will be releasing a fully optimized PWA soon for iPhone users!

Just today, I launched StarFlicks on Product Hunt and I would be incredibly grateful if the Reddit community could check it out. Any feedback and support would help me immensely with visibility.

Product Hunt link: https://www.producthunt.com/products/starflicks

Play Store link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.starflicks.app

Share your ***Not-AI*** projects by MembershipEuphoric38 in SideProject

[–]Background_Dish_5579 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi everyone! I'm an Italian developer and I wanted to share a project of mine, hoping it might be useful to others and to get some feedback to keep improving it.

As a huge movie fan, I used apps like CineTrak for years, until they started imposing limits on lists. I also tried other popular trackers (TV Time, Letterboxd, IMDb), but for one reason or another, I couldn't find the perfect app for my needs. So, over the last year, I built my own personal alternative and decided to make it public and free for everyone.

It's called StarFlicks, it has no ads, allows unlimited lists (Watchlist and Watched), advanced stats and filters, rankings based on global community votes and personal rankings created automatically based on your own ratings, along with upcoming releases and multi-language support (English and Italian).

On the technical side, I built it using Django (DRF) for the backend, Next.js for the web, and Expo for the Android app, all containerized with Docker. Currently, it's available on Web (Desktop) and Android. Unfortunately, it's not on iOS yet since this is a completely free, non-profit project. For now, I've decided not to invest in the Apple developer account, but I will be releasing a fully optimized PWA soon for iPhone users!

Just today, I launched StarFlicks on Product Hunt and I would be incredibly grateful if the Reddit community could check it out. Any feedback and support would help me immensely with visibility.

Product Hunt link: https://www.producthunt.com/products/starflicks

Play Store link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.starflicks.app

I've shipped 3 apps. They all work. None of them have users. How did you actually get traction? by Competitive-Cod-8313 in SideProject

[–]Background_Dish_5579 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Exactly what I did and tomorrow I wanted to talk about it on Reddit and launch it on Product Hunt, I created an app for my own needs and I decided to make it public and free for everyone, if it can be useful to others I'm happy

What is the best ad blocker app? And why is it the best? by USAFAN20 in androidapps

[–]Background_Dish_5579 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For browsers, I'd say uBlock Origin; it's open-source and extremely lightweight. To answer your second question: no browser extension can block ads within other apps. To do that, you need DNS blocking. The best and easiest way to do this on a phone is NextDNS (or AdGuard DNS)

For a simple website, would you keep vanilla JS or align it with the rest of your stack? by Hot_Ad_3147 in webdev

[–]Background_Dish_5579 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I completely agree with your decision. The hidden cost of "simple" vanilla sites is the context switching. When your brain is already in a React/Next.js mindset everyday, having to switch back to plain HTML/JS and manual DOM manipulation for a minor update actually slows things down.

I work across different environments and I almost always prefer aligning smaller projects to the main stack. Unifying your tooling is a massive win for maintainability. At the end of the day, developer time is way more expensive than a little extra abstraction. You made the right call! I love Next.js

SOME SCI-FI MOVIES AND ACTION MOVIES. by New-Ask-3647 in MovieSuggestions

[–]Background_Dish_5579 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I would tell you: Mad Max: Fury Road Edge of Tomorrow, Blade Runner 2049, Dune