Comment by jonplackett

18 days ago

This is a great idea. I’ve been thinking about making something like this for a while due to all the problems you describe.

I was planning to make something that used rfid cards to play specific songs / albums so it worked more like yoto. But that would just make it even more niche!

Good luck you you!

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oliverjanssen  18 days ago

Thanks! The RFID approach is cool – I actually built a box with real buttons and RFID connected to our Sonos system at some point. Was fun, but in the end I prefer the digital approach. Less hardware to maintain.

And niche isn't bad – sometimes that's exactly where the best apps live.

  • jonplackett  17 days ago

    Yeah the little hardware I had actually tried to make was so painful compared to software dev. Interested to read the part about asking users to make their own spotify dev account. How’s that going so far? Seems like it could be a big roadblock for non techy users?