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I saw a version online with room for nine albums and laughed out loud. I was going to have trouble narrowing mine down.

I like a weird amount of music, and I’ve been making monthly Spotify playlists since 2019. Some of my favorites are trash, and they still helped make me who I am. I wanted room for all of that.

I liked the idea enough to want my own version. I like building stuff, and sometimes that means taking an idea I have seen somewhere else and finding the version I want to use.

The album poster builder lets you pick nine, twelve, or fifteen records, move the covers around, change the background, and export a poster. There are captions and a name subtitle. You can bring your own cover art. I wanted room to keep adjusting the collection until it looked like mine.

The film version gives movies the same treatment. Both keep the board in your browser, with backups and share links. The links leave uploaded images out; those stay with the browser and backup. A little poster maker still has decisions about what belongs in a shared copy.

That is the part I enjoy: following an idea into its details. Choosing what someone can change, then checking whether the controls behave the way they suggest. The film search needed to understand that 1917 is a title, for example. Four digits were doing more work than expected.

Being able to try a version makes the next decision easier. Sometimes the mockup settles it. Sometimes using the thing exposes an entirely different problem.

The keyboard controls and movie brackets come from the same interest. I like getting a say in how a thing works and what it feels like. A small tool can be useful and still have room for taste, including mine.

Fifteen is a start.