He built a Netflix-style AI app to browse his 230-movie local hard drive
aziz4ai · x · 2026-10-25
A developer shared a relatable pain point: he has 230+ movies and shows on his hard drive, yet always feels like there's nothing to watch — not because the collection is small, but because he can't remember titles or plots.
So he used AI to build "Maktabati" (My Library), an app that lets him browse his local hard drive like Netflix, documented in a thread about the build process.
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