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Mixest was a project I built this summer because Pandora is too mainstream and Spotify isn't random enough. I wrote a scraper and crawler in node.js that consta
by hazelcough 14y ago
Mixest was a project I built this summer because Pandora is too mainstream and Spotify isn't random enough. I wrote a scraper and crawler in node.js that constantly searches for new blogs and adds new music to the radio. Instead of an account system, I used HTML5 local storage to keep track of favorite songs and recently played songs.
You may have seen Mixest on HN 3 years ago, back when it was written in PHP. Its data was destroyed last year by a PHP virus, so I rebuilt it from scratch.
I've been using it as my hacking playlist, and I hope you guys will enjoy it too!
- 1337biz 14y agoLoving it. Thanks a lot for sharing! I always love ideas that keep the randomness alive and don't try telling me what I should find interesting.
- drunken_thor 14y agoDidn't you do this about 2 years ago? I remember people had to submit content to it though, I even offered to help develop but you said you were fine.
- hazelcough 14y agoThe old developers never rebuilt the site after it was hacked, but I offered to take over the project.
- selectout 14y agoI am absolutely loving this. Any chance of more permanent accounts though? Local storage/cookies are something I go through quite often, plus I'd love to be able to go back to songs at a friend's house or party and play some of these.
- xsc 14y agolove it. can you give some insight regarding the "php virus"?
- circa 14y agothis is great. I've discovered songza earlier this year and have been using that. well done man!
- Cyranix 14y agoI had emailed you previously when the first incarnation of the site died -- so glad it's making a comeback! (EDIT: Or maybe I had emailed the original authors? Not sure on the timeline I guess.)
- keyle 14y agoFlat out the best thing that made it to HN for, quite a while. Thank you.
- bryn 14y agoWow, been listening for a couple hours now. nthing the call for a blog post!
- agotterer 14y agoCongrats on re-launching! Could you tell us a little about the tech? I think some folks would be interested in hearing about the node crawler and maybe a little about how it distinguishes indie music from the rest of the content out there.
- technel 14y agoI ran a vaguely similar music discovery service called Albumcorner earlier this year. I got in touch with the guy who did Mixest -- seemed like a really great guy. I got the impression that he wasn't going to relaunch after the attack on the server, though, so it's great to hear he passed the baton. And it looks better than ever, Michelle, nice work!
- jiaaro 14y agoI was wondering what happened to the old mixest. I had a pretty huge favorites list before it was killed. PS - your design work looks great (on both versions of mixest as well as your portfolio)