Lofi.cafe
Creative
lofi music radio
SHOW HN2021
1,192points
230comments
#5of 2,533 in 2021
Top 1%of 2021 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
59 positive, 60 neutral or asking, 6 mixed, 17 critical, out of 142 comments about the project. Thread score +0.34.
Design: 21 for, 0 againstIdea: 12 for, 5 againstPerformance: 3 for, 8 againstExecution: 7 for, 3 againstPrivacy: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Beautiful, cohesive aesthetic and artwork
From 4 comments
Love your design!
parisianka on HNBeautiful. Soothing. Magical. :) Is the list of stations hand picked, can I access it outside this app? When adding to home screen I get React app as title by default.
savolai on HNThis is tight. I love the little touches like the pomodoro timer and discoverable keyboard shortcuts. The UI is so cohesive as well, and has everything you need and nothing you…
bacheaul on HNThe site's artwork is amazing. Love the details. It seeems that the transition effect when changing channels is generated and genuine each time, instead of randomly selected from…
macando on HN
Responsive and fun to use, good as a PWA
From 3 comments
I like it a lot and it is very responsive. One thought though, is there any way to reduce the amount of JS/ trackers you are using? UBlock blocking is at 10% and it is still…
nvoid on HNLove that when I add it to the home-screen it has an icon. And, when I open it from that home-screen icon it has no navigation bar. I desperately with that more people would…
vonwoodson on HNI just knew it would be a PWA and not disappointed when I added it to the phone Home Screen. Nice one!
quickthrower2 on HN
Objections
High CPU usage from animated GIF backgrounds
From 5 comments
Could the CPU load be reduced? If I am only on the page, not even playing any music yet (probably because something is blocked), I get 1 core up at 100% CPU load. This can't all…
zelphirkalt on HNLooks like it is, if I remove the 4 gifs stacked on top of each other CPU usage drops massively.
Deukhoofd on HNNice one, but my CPU fans got really loud (normally this loud when I play games) xD. I'm not a web developer, but I'm pretty sure this is something that can be fixed :)
ketanhwr on HN~100% CPU load and still glitchy.
qwerty456127 on HNOkay no. This is garbage engineering. And yes I mean that - it doesn't get much worse. It would be better if this wasn't a site you're supposed to stay hours on. This embeds a YT…
chmod775 on HN
Missing track and artist credits and image attribution
From 3 comments
Cool but it'd be nice to have track and artist names, out of respect to the artists.
lifeformed on HNThose background images could really use some artist attributions.
teddyh on HNI really liked the cyberpunk Gifs. Who made them? As other said, attribution there would help.
santiagobasulto on HN
Embedding YouTube player may violate YouTube terms
From 1 comment
It's all fun and games 'til you learn that YouTube's terms don't allow you to embed their player in any way that disables/hides their UI and logos. Source: A similar project I…
moralestapia on HN
Requests
Show track and artist names
From 2 comments
Cool but it'd be nice to have track and artist names, out of respect to the artists.
lifeformed on HNI love this site! Is there any way to get the track that is currently playing? I have several songs I wanted to ID
werzum on HN
Add chat for rooms
From 3 comments
Any plans to include a small chat feature? I normally don't like using chats on websites at all but for some reason I would absolutely love to interact with other people that are…
codethief on HNI love this! Would love to see chat added. Then it'd really be a cafe.
Gollapalli on HNWould be fun to have a chat per room
snarkypixel on HN
Browse public rooms
From 2 comments
A chat makes things way more interesting, but we need to be able to browse for rooms too (as long as the room's creator want his room public)
creamynebula on HNis there a way to explore public rooms?
fersarr on HN
Bookmarkable links to rooms and songs
From 2 comments
Would be great to be able to have bookmarkable links to individual rooms.
borishn on HNCool project! :) Is there any way to link to rooms & songs directly?
codethief on HN
Questions
What does the 'in this room' count mean
From 1 comment
What does "in this room: 25" mean? The number remains the same when I change the station. Is there only a single room and I changed the station for everybody? Or are there 25…
ktpsns on HN
Does pause affect everyone in the room
From 1 comment
How does pause / play work? Does it pause for everyone in the room?
Lvl999Noob on HN
Who made the artwork and is the station list available
From 2 comments
Who gets credit for the artwork? It's really cool. I feel like all the channels/music are getting pulled from live lofi streams that I listen to on YouTube on a day-to-day. But…
l00sed on HNBeautiful. Soothing. Magical. :) Is the list of stations hand picked, can I access it outside this app? When adding to home screen I get React app as title by default.
savolai on HN
Alternatives named
lofi.chat
From 1 comment
Haha, I built a super similar thing last year with even a super similar url (https://lofi.chat)! https://lofi.chat/r/Hacker-news-310e9120 Good vibes only
ryanyl on HN
PoolsideFM
From 1 comment
If you like this, you may enjoy PoolsideFM: https://poolside.fm
Cenk on HN
plaza.one (vaporwave)
From 1 comment
https://plaza.one/ is similar, but for vaporwave
ranger207 on HN
lofimusic.app
From 2 comments
Hello there, I’m the guy who made https://lofimusic.app Just wanted to tell you it looks good :), keep up the good work!
Maxence on HNNice! An other similar project I really like from another show hn[1] is https://lofimusic.app [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24476641
eric_khun on HN
freeCodeCamp Code Radio
From 1 comment
May I also suggest the [freeCodeCamp.org Code Radio][1]. They actually had a [recording artist contribute and curate most of the beats under a creative license][2]. [1]:…
oddrationale on HN