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Rest in peace, what.cd. You were the greatest musical library of your time.
by superkuh 4y ago
Rest in peace, what.cd. You were the greatest musical library of your time.
- tshaddox 4y agoIt was seriously impressive. I wish I had a backup of just the website and library itself, even if the torrents and tracker were gone forever. The meticulous organization of the library was a thing to behold and a great way to discover music.
- cauthon 4y agoAbsolutely agree, I miss the staff picks and forums more than I miss the tracker.
- luckylion 4y agoYou can probably find the site code (gazelle) in a working version. The DB (sans user data) is available as well, it's called the 10th anniversary mixtape.
- crtasm 4y agoHere it is: https://twitter.com/whatcd/status/923941782253121539 https://twitter.com/whatcd/status/923941782253121539 site code: https://github.com/WhatCD/ https://github.com/WhatCD/
- jrochkind1 4y agoof any time up to present.
- Kiro 4y agoOiNK, the predecessor to what.cd, was even better IMO.
- rOOb85 4y agoI'd say oink was more ground breaking, buy what.cd absolutely dwarfed oink in terms of torrents. Oink will always hold a special place in my heart.
- Kiro 4y agoI think my memory may be skewed by the fact that I mostly used what.cd right after the demise of OiNK. So I remember thinking it was inferior and that I missed OiNK, which is probably not representative of what what.cd eventually became.
- pluc 4y agoand the branding was on point https://i.imgur.com/VbLasI9.png https://i.imgur.com/VbLasI9.png
- ValentineC 4y agoI still remember this article, and so many more: https://qz.com/840661/what-cd-is-gone-a-eulogy-for-the-greatest-music-collection-in-the-world https://qz.com/840661/what-cd-is-gone-a-eulogy-for-the-great...