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Re: Show HN: I made a tool to turn a Spotify artist profile into a website

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Post by millzlane »

ahmdyassr wrote: post #6
marcomourao wrote: post #3

Why does it need access to my google account?

Just for basic authentication, nothing else. I'm planning on adding Email as another sign up method as some people don't wanna use their Google account!

I appreciate the Google sign in as time goes on. I know the risks and downsides, but it's nice to just quickly sign in and GTD. Last nice I set up a cheap wyze door bell cam and shared it with my mom (signed her up to wyze using sign in with google) It took longer to unpack and mount the camera with the VHB tape than it did to create and log into her account to accept the sharing request.

Re: Show HN: I made a tool to turn a Spotify artist profile into a website

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Post by YounoYouno »

Like a few others, perhaps due to the title, I was expecting a tool to turn your personal profile into a website as a fun way to share your interests in real-time.

Maybe this could be a cool feature for you to add in the future, there's also a bigger market share and perhaps bigger interest for personal versus corporate use.

Add value to people their lives, maybe go the extra mile and offer certain features for a premium.

Also, Google Auth? As the only authentication? No thanks, and I think think this could be the biggest leakage in your funnel, losing many potential (future) customers.

Perhaps it could be a good move to add simple email sign-ups and read up on the Spotify API rate limits and such in the meantime.

Cool idea man, good luck!

Re: Show HN: I made a tool to turn a Spotify artist profile into a website

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Post by ahmdyassr »

millzlane wrote: post #11
ahmdyassr wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Just for basic authentication, nothing else. I'm planning on adding Email as another sign up method as some people don't wanna use their Google account!

I appreciate the Google sign in as time goes on. I know the risks and downsides, but it's nice to just quickly sign in and GTD. Last nice I set up a cheap wyze door bell cam and shared it with my mom (signed her up to wyze using sign in with google) It took longer to unpack and mount the camera with the VHB tape than it did to create and log into her account to accept the sharing request.

:)

Re: Show HN: I made a tool to turn a Spotify artist profile into a website

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Post by ahmdyassr »

interleave wrote: post #10

Congratulation on shipping! What I love most about this is your "inner monologue" component at the bottom. > You're an artist. > A good one. > Nope, a great one. > But you have a sh*tty site. > You wanna make it better. > You call the guy. > Never replies. > ... IF this is true (I can't say as I'm not an artist on Spotify), then this alone can sell your product.

Appreciate it!!!

Re: Show HN: I made a tool to turn a Spotify artist profile into a website

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Post by ssttoo »

ahmdyassr wrote: post #7
whalesalad wrote: post #4

why auth to google? wouldn't auth to spotify be more appropriate?

Of course, you have a point! First, the best case scenario is that I display a sign-in with Spotify button that I use to get artist information from Spotify! but the problem is that this has zero value from a technical standpoint as there is no such thing as Spotify Artist User. The artist profile can be managed by multiple places, some complicated sh*t, not as straightforward I imagined! The second reason is that I…

Yeah, would be nice if Spotify offered API to auth artists. Otherwise anyone can create https://noise.site/taylorswift and you have to deal with giving/transferring access to the correct person

Update: ok, bad example as TS already exists but you know what I mean, impersonating artists who have not claimed their profile yet

Re: Show HN: I made a tool to turn a Spotify artist profile into a website

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Post by ahmdyassr »

bluetidepro wrote: post #16

This seems neat. I will sign up once there is a non Google sign up available. Also, it would be useful to have a demo site of an example, not just a screenshot. Anyone have links to a demo?

Will add email as a signup method soon, I launched the product a week ago so it's at its early stages! here is a quick example: https://noise.site/kalume

Re: Show HN: I made a tool to turn a Spotify artist profile into a website

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Post by seeingnature »

ahmdyassr wrote: post #5
greenie_beans wrote: post #2

neat idea. i clicked on the link expecting to be able to do this as a consumer. my bet is most people seeing this on HN are consumers and not producers. would be cool to do this with a spotify user's listening history etc. tbh i don't really see the musicians i know being interested in this.

Thx! it doesn't hurt to have non-artists just trying it out for fun. I'm not the best developer so it helps me figure out dev/ux issues real-time and pushes me to improve the platform. The product is quite simple, it's a (unique artist website) x (link-in-bio) that uses Spotify as a starting point for the artist data. I'm pretty sure there is a huge market for it, just need to focus on keeping it simple and build the…

While it doesn't hurt you, it was a frustrating waste of time. If you're showcasing something, you should be specific to your target market.

"Show HN: I made a tool to turn your Spotify artist profile into a website" would have been accurate.

Shame on me for not reading further, but someone using my Spotify profile data has so often paid off with exciting ways to see how I listen, I fell succumb.

Good luck on your site! Maybe it's useful to artists.

Re: Show HN: I made a tool to turn a Spotify artist profile into a website

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Post by ahmdyassr »

seeingnature wrote: post #19
ahmdyassr wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thx! it doesn't hurt to have non-artists just trying it out for fun. I'm not the best developer so it helps me figure out dev/ux issues real-time and pushes me to improve the platform. The product is quite simple, it's a (unique artist website) x (link-in-bio) that uses Spotify as a starting point for the artist data. I'm pretty sure there is a huge market for it, just need to focus on keeping it simple and build the…

While it doesn't hurt you, it was a frustrating waste of time. If you're showcasing something, you should be specific to your target market. "Show HN: I made a tool to turn your Spotify artist profile into a website" would have been accurate. Shame on me for not reading further, but someone using my Spotify profile data has so often paid off with exciting ways to see how I listen, I fell succumb. Good luck on your si…

Valid point! Thx for giving it a try!
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