124 points akktor | 1 comments | 09 Jun 25 12:41 UTC | HN request time: 0.374s | source

This question's for all those cool projects or skills you're secretly fascinated by, but haven't quite jumped into. Maybe you feel like you just don't have the right "brain" for it, or you're not smart enough to figure it out, or even worse, you simply have no clue how or where to even start.

The idea here is to shine a light on these hidden interests and the little (or big!) mental blocks that come with them. If you're already rocking in those specific areas – or you've been there and figured out how to get past similar hurdles – please chime in! Share some helpful resources, dish out general advice, or just give a nudge of encouragement on how to take that intimidating first step.

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spiffytech ◴[10 Jun 25 19:21 UTC] No.44240408[source]▶

>>44223879 (OP) #

I want to make my own music streaming app. Fix all the UI problems, improve discovery, remember all the musical phases I went through.

Unfortunately, you can't just sign up for API access to millions of songs. And the streaming apps either don't provide a playback API, or their TOS limits what you can do with it.

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1. throwaway889900 ◴[10 Jun 25 19:57 UTC] No.44240790[source]▶

>>44240408 #

You don't need to do a monolithic design, and kludging things together is just fine. Start with local playback from the server or something equivalently small and work from there. If you need to background play a youtube video and forward the audio stream elsewhere, so be it haha

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