How a tiny rating slider became the heart of recommendations — and the design decisions behind the cards.
A recommendation should fit in one gesture
We wanted finding your next favorite to feel like a single, low-stakes motion — not a form to fill out. So the deck became the home of discovery: one card, one decision, swipe.
Every card carries a real match score, so a swipe is never blind. You are reacting to something scored to your taste, not a random shuffle.
The slider was the unlock
The breakthrough was letting you rate on the spot. If you have already seen the title, a tiny slider turns a discovery moment into a logging moment — no context switch, no separate screen.
That one control collapsed two features into one gesture, and the deck stopped feeling like a toy and started feeling like the center of the app.
Restraint everywhere else
A card shows only what helps the decision: art, title, the match, and the slider. Everything else lives one tap deeper.
The discipline is the point. The less each card asks of you, the more honestly you respond — and the better your taste profile gets.