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Solo developer
Caleb L.
Founder · Design + Engineering
"I wanted a place to actually log what I watch — TV and movies, episode by episode, with friends who finish things. So I built it."
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About CineIt
The diary your watch life deserves.
CineIt started with a friend asking for a way to track TV and movies the way they actually watched them — episode by episode, with opinions, and without the spoilers. A couple of focused days later, the first working version existed.
Brooklyn · Lisbon · remote-firstShipping since Q3 2024
The mission
TV and movies are the medium people talk about most — and log the least. CineIt is here to fix that, one episode at a time.
What we believe
Four principles we ship by.
Made for the way people actually watch
If a feature isn't something we'd open mid-marathon, it doesn't ship. We test in our own living rooms.
Fast first, fancy second
Every tap is timed. Mark watched in under 200ms or it doesn't ship — animations included.
Your data is yours
No third-party trackers. Exportable everywhere. Deleting your account actually deletes things.
A one-person operation, on purpose
Built and maintained by a solo developer under Triforce Software LLC. No VC pressure, no roadmap by committee, no algorithmic enshittification.
The story so far
Built in a weekend, for a friend who asked.
Day 0 · The ask
A friend's question
A friend wanted a real way to track TV and movies — episode by episode, with ratings and opinions, social without the spoilers. Nothing on the App Store quite did it. So the question turned into a project.
Day 1–2 · The build
Hacked together in a weekend
A couple of focused days, one person, one repo. By the end of the second day there was a working feed, episode-level ratings, a watchlist, and the world's simplest friend activity stream.
Now · Out in the world
Polished and shipping
Same one-person operation, now under Triforce Software LLC — polishing, shipping, replying to every email. The weekend prototype, grown up.
The team
Built by one person.
CineIt is a solo project. Every pixel, every API route, every email reply — same person.
Say hi. We read everything.
Pitches, bug reports, feature requests, or just an opinion about Severance S2 — all welcome.