Lagukan
Consumer and social
music recommendation
SHOW HN2019
95points
76comments
#506of 2,195 in 2019
Top 24%of 2019 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
8 positive, 13 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 5 critical, out of 28 comments about the project. Thread score +0.08.
Idea: 1 for, 1 againstDocs: 0 for, 2 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Commenters want to try it and find current recommenders weak
From 3 comments
I would like to try this out, but am not willing to go through the current setup process. You should add a way to be notified when you are done with the first version of the app.…
rileyt on HNOh man... I haven't been able to find any recommendation algorithms that recommended songs I liked even 1% of. Spotify's is a trash fire. Last.fm's wasn't great. Pandora is okay.…
StavrosK on HNThank you thank you thank you. I've been wanting something like this for my local MP3 collection for a while. (Might also use it for an RPi music server in the car :D)
lukifer on HN
Objections
Setup is long and laborious, needs Mopidy and Spotify credentials
From 3 comments
Oh man... I haven't been able to find any recommendation algorithms that recommended songs I liked even 1% of. Spotify's is a trash fire. Last.fm's wasn't great. Pandora is okay.…
StavrosK on HNsetting this up is profoundly laborious, not to mention risky considering I have to enter my spotify username/password in a config file somewhere...
rambojohnson on HNI think you need to add a step to install libspotify-dev on Ubuntu, mopidy-spotify-web from your repo wouldn't install for me unless I installed that first.
StavrosK on HN
Requires Google domain loading for sign-up
From 1 comment
ah okay, yeah i'm blocking gstatic.com related: signing up with email requires loading a google domain? that's... really unfortunate. understandably probably not a priority for…
maximente on HN
Requests
Easier installation
From 1 comment
Oh man... I haven't been able to find any recommendation algorithms that recommended songs I liked even 1% of. Spotify's is a trash fire. Last.fm's wasn't great. Pandora is okay.…
StavrosK on HN
Google Music or YouTube Music support
From 2 comments
This is a very compelling app idea for me. However nearly all of my music is on Google Music these days so I have no easy way to use it. My listening is very eclectic though and…
zaphar on HNSame. Would definitely want to use this if it would support GPM or YTM.
indigodaddy on HN
Mac and Linux support
From 1 comment
I would absolutely try it out on mac.
zaphar on HN
Questions
Will Spotify API approval for commercial use be granted
From 1 comment
I was under the impression that using Spotify's APIs in a commercial project required an agreement with them, presumably that costs money. Have you investigated that or will you…
kingosticks on HN
Alternatives named
Gnoosic
From 1 comment
Have you tried Gnoosic (http://www.gnoosic.com)? That is the one that works best for me.
heyplanet on HN
Spotify radio and playlists
From 1 comment
Have you tried putting 100 songs you really like that are in similar sub genres into a new playlist in Spotify, then playing the last song and letting it generate new suggestions…
davidjnelson on HN
Pandora
From 1 comment
Oh man... I haven't been able to find any recommendation algorithms that recommended songs I liked even 1% of. Spotify's is a trash fire. Last.fm's wasn't great. Pandora is okay.…
StavrosK on HN
Deezer Flow
From 1 comment
I don't know since it's closed source, but I too would think that Spotify is already using skips, but in practice I think their methods are muddied up by other factors, like I…
jacobobryant on HN
NTS radio
From 1 comment
I've never found a perfect recommendation for me simply because data-driven approaches are 1) backwards looking and 2) assume I have a stable set of preferences. My preferences…
mushufasa on HN