Comment by lioeters

1 day ago

> Laravel..Redis, and PostgreSQL

From the title's "minimal web app", somehow I imagined a local/offline-first static site with a sprinkle of JavaScript, that fits in a single HTML file. Not sure I'd say Laravel with two databases is minimal, or the choice of React. Well I don't mean to criticize, just mentioning what I expected versus what it is, a solid full-stack application.

I like the minimal UI. On navigating the list, it takes a slight delay between clicking previous/next and for the list to update. The experience might be improved with a small loading indicator somewhere, or a fade transition, so the user can see it's doing something instead of "freezing" for a moment.

But if I were to be honest, I wouldn't want to depend on someone else's server for my radio listening needs, storing favorites, etc. At the least I'd want to export/import the data. It seems the app is not open source, so if one day the site was down or the domain gone, I'd lose my preferences.

There's a number of existing web radio players, like radio.garden, so what I probably want as a listener is a list of alternatives and feature comparison, to choose one based on my wishes. (Apparently many of them are called "internet radio".)

Anyway I upvoted because I like "Show HN" projects and respect that you built and shipped it. I imagine it's satisfying to make a useful tool exactly how you like it, and probably others will too.

Really appreciate your feedback! The addition of something like a fade transition is a great idea so I'll explore that.

Happy you mentioned export/import because I have thought about that but wasn't sure it was something users would want. But since you mention it and it should be fairly trivial to implement I'll but it on the list.

Thanks for taking the time to check it out and provide feedback, much appreciated!