01
Challenge
Letterboxd is a social network built for film lovers — a personal film diary and watchlist wrapped in a community of reviews, lists and activity feeds, used by millions of film fans worldwide to track everything they watch and discover what to see next. The main delivery challenge was to give users dense content and media tools that still feel immediate on everyday devices, while keeping Log, Rate, and Review consistent across the complete journey. We framed the engagement around the smallest production-worthy flow first, then expanded the scope without weakening the underlying component and data model.
02
How we built it
We first separated the core product rules from external services, then defined typed boundaries for every integration. The team delivered Log, Rate, and Review as end-to-end flows, adding retries, idempotent operations, validation, and observable failure states before polishing the interface. This kept third-party behaviour from leaking into the product experience and made later integrations easier to add. The implementation was anchored by React Native, Expo SDK 54, Expo Router, and TypeScript, with shared TypeScript contracts across the frontend and service layer.
03
Delivery
The delivered scope brought Log, Rate, Review, and List into one coherent cross-platform mobile release. The reusable component and data patterns leave a clear route for the next product iteration. For Letterboxd, the practical result is a product that communicates its value quickly while giving the team a maintainable base for continued delivery in media & content.
