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Spotify, podcasts, music discovery, streaming audio, and digital distribution.

6,079 stories · 69 in 30 days · Updated Sep 28, 2026

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01 / EXPLORE THROUGH TIME

Timeline

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2026682 stories
Fastpotify↗ fastpotify.rocks · HN · 570 comments · 855 points · Sep 01, 2026
Librepods: AirPods liberated↗ github.com · HN · 184 comments · 505 points · Jun 28, 2026
Last.fm is now independent↗ support.last.fm · HN · 220 comments · 822 points · May 27, 2026
Show HN: Audiomass – a free, open-source multitrack audio editor for the web↗ audiomass.co · HN · 120 comments · 553 points · May 24, 2026
Bose has released API docs and opened the API for its EoL SoundTouch speakers↗ arstechnica.com · HN · 396 comments · 2532 points · Jan 08, 2026
2025766 stories
Backing up Spotify↗ annas-archive.li · HN · 701 comments · 1980 points · Dec 20, 2025
Nuclear: Desktop music player focused on streaming from free sources↗ github.com · HN · 286 comments · 383 points · Sep 03, 2025
Show HN: Beatsync – perfect audio sync across multiple devices↗ github.com · HN · 128 comments · 439 points · Apr 29, 2025
Jellyfin as a Spotify alternative↗ coppolaemilio.com · HN · 482 comments · 458 points · Apr 17, 2025
Goodbye, Slopify↗ alexeystar.com · HN · 280 comments · 346 points · Jan 29, 2025
2024822 stories
I Don't Have Spotify↗ github.com · HN · 371 comments · 786 points · Nov 11, 2024
NotebookLM's automatically generated podcasts are surprisingly effective↗ simonwillison.net · HN · 490 comments · 907 points · Sep 30, 2024
Winamp Legacy player source code↗ github.com · HN · 328 comments · 717 points · Sep 24, 2024
Radios, how do they work?↗ lcamtuf.substack.com · HN · 109 comments · 641 points · Mar 25, 2024
Spotube: Open-source Spotify-Youtube client↗ github.com · HN · 631 comments · 853 points · Jan 20, 2024
2023897 stories
LinuxDAW – Quality audio software for Linux↗ linuxdaw.org · HN · 61 comments · 191 points · Dec 30, 2023
Ask HN: Favorite Podcast Episodes of 2023?↗ news.ycombinator.com · HN · 78 comments · 122 points · Dec 27, 2023
GNU Radio – Project Update 2023 Q4↗ gnuradio.org · HN · 9 comments · 69 points · Dec 22, 2023
Wavacity – a FOSS port of Audacity to the web↗ wavacity.com · HN · 13 comments · 81 points · Sep 01, 2023
A note to young folks: download the things you love↗ birchtree.me · HN · 33 comments · 98 points · Aug 29, 2023
2022903 stories
“Secrets” about the consumer audio business you may find interesting↗ audiosciencereview.com · HN · 329 comments · 593 points · Sep 13, 2022
An odd discovery on Spotify↗ robinsloan.com · HN · 429 comments · 1056 points · Aug 23, 2022
Dear Spotify, can we just get a table of songs?↗ neil.computer · HN · 485 comments · 1077 points · Jun 04, 2022
SomaFM↗ somafm.com · HN · 166 comments · 679 points · May 31, 2022
Spotify deletes 70 Joe Rogan episodes↗ jremissing.com · HN · 1677 comments · 930 points · Feb 05, 2022
2021886 stories
Dislike button would improve Spotify's recommendations↗ news.cornell.edu · HN · 598 comments · 881 points · Oct 16, 2021
Show HN: iPod.js – An online iPod that connects to Spotify and Apple Music↗ tannerv.com · HN · 157 comments · 866 points · Jun 23, 2021
Freesound just reached 500K Creative Commons sounds↗ blog.freesound.org · HN · 67 comments · 772 points · May 21, 2021
Apple Music Announces Spatial Audio and Lossless Audio↗ apple.com · HN · 699 comments · 702 points · May 17, 2021
Show HN: Lofi.cafe↗ lofi.cafe · HN · 230 comments · 1192 points · Apr 14, 2021
20201,123 stories
How bad is your Spotify?↗ pudding.cool · HN · 607 comments · 974 points · Dec 23, 2020
Artist releases album called “Ok Google Play Music” on Spotify↗ open.spotify.com · HN · 568 comments · 585 points · Dec 02, 2020
Cover Your Tracks↗ eff.org · HN · 256 comments · 694 points · Nov 21, 2020
Say goodbye to hold music↗ blog.google · HN · 385 comments · 682 points · Sep 30, 2020
Drive through cities in the browser while listening to local radio stations↗ driveandlisten.herokuapp.com · HN · 171 comments · 804 points · Jun 16, 2020
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02 / CATCH UP

The conversation now

Popular stories, with attention fading over roughly two weeks.

Fastpotify↗ fastpotify.rocks · HN · 570 comments · 855 points · Sep 01, 2026
Apple Music to open concert venue in Battersea Power Station↗ bbc.com · HN · 101 comments · 71 points · Sep 22, 2026
Creating the Aetheryte Radio↗ haz.ee · HN · 16 comments · 80 points · Aug 28, 2026
Show HN: Sol, my macOS music player and jukebox app, is now free and open source↗ news.ycombinator.com · HN · 18 comments · 30 points · Sep 06, 2026
New Zealand lost its music media, and what we're building to replace it↗ propelmusic.co.nz · HN · 95 comments · 133 points · Aug 09, 2026

03 / GO DEEPER

Follow your curiosity

Find a particular story, revisit a year, or see what resonated.

Highest rated · the last 30 days

Fastpotify↗ fastpotify.rocks · HN · 570 comments · 855 points · Sep 01, 2026
Apple Music to open concert venue in Battersea Power Station↗ bbc.com · HN · 101 comments · 71 points · Sep 22, 2026
Show HN: Sol, my macOS music player and jukebox app, is now free and open source↗ news.ycombinator.com · HN · 18 comments · 30 points · Sep 06, 2026
Haiku Now Supports Changing Audio Outputs Live, Other Improvements↗ phoronix.com · HN · 1 comments · 8 points · Sep 11, 2026
Early Bowie music available to stream for first time↗ bbc.com · HN · 0 comments · 7 points · Sep 18, 2026
Winamp will be reborn in 2027 to take on streaming↗ engadget.com · HN · 3 comments · 6 points · Sep 20, 2026
Apple Music Hall↗ apple.com · HN · 2 comments · 5 points · Sep 22, 2026
AI Changed How Spotify Builds. What We Learned About Quality at Higher Velocity↗ engineering.atspotify.com · HN · 2 comments · 5 points · Sep 20, 2026
Omarchy plugin for Sony headphones WH-1000XM4↗ github.com · HN · 0 comments · 5 points · Sep 08, 2026
Early signs of enshitificiation: Paid promotion on Spotify song radio playlists↗ spotify.com · HN · 1 comments · 5 points · Aug 31, 2026

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