My friends kept recommending movies… I kept forgetting them. So I built an app.

Hey everyone So this started as a personal frustration: a friend recommends something, I say "yeah I'll watch it", and two weeks later it's gone from my brain forever. I decided to build the app I actually wanted. RawCut (or CortoCrudo in Spanish) lets you discover movies and TV shows, keep a watchlist, and — the part I'm most proud of — send direct recommendations to friends with a personal message and follow up in real-time comment threads. No more lost recs. The stack: React Native 0.81 + Expo SDK 54 TypeScript strict mode throughout Expo Router for file-based navigation NativeWind (Tailwind CSS for RN) — genuinely loved this Zustand + React Hook Form + Zod Supabase: PostgreSQL with RLS, custom auth triggers, Realtime for live comments TMDb API v3 for all media metadata A few things I learned the hard way: getting Supabase Realtime and Expo Router to play nicely took longer than I'd like to admit. RLS policies also have a steep learning curve but are absolutely worth it. The app is