Dev Builds a Book Recommendation App With Claude Code, Turning Scattered Data Into a Taste Graph
Prof_DavidBader · x · 2026-08-20
Bilyana Tzolova shares how she built a personal book-recommendation app with Claude Code + Adapter.
The problem: recommendations are scattered across BookTok/Reels, saved Reddit threads, reading apps and conversations; manually copying them into Goodreads is tedious, so good suggestions slip away.
The approach: the app does three things — aggregate her Goodreads library, collect already-recommended titles, and surface new candidates. Adapter connects reading history, saved recommendations and media activity (e.g. Netflix watch history) into a private taste graph, letting shows and podcasts inform what she reads next — something a traditional relational database struggles with.
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