I spent years in the studio polishing tracks until every nuance shone - then went to gigs and watched people capture those same songs on shaky phones they’d never re-watch. The crowd wasn’t bored; the reliving experience was just awful. After one night in March 2025, staring over a forest of screens, I quit a year-long software-engineering placement at HPE to build a fix that respects both the live moment and the memory.
That fix is recapa. It borrows a studio mindset - tight audio, multi-angle coverage, careful post-production - and wraps it in an app that choreographs filming rather than bans it. A small volunteer crew records; we sync their clips to the desk audio overnight and deliver an HD edit to every ticket-holder by breakfast. Same energy as being there, but finally watchable.
Since March, I’ve recruited two part-time teammates, built a React-Native prototype, stood up a Go/Supabase/Bunny backend, run a 50-person survey (74 % would skip filming if footage arrived later), and we are well on our way to a Q4 2025 launch.