Self Hosted Music and Scrobbling
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Self Hosted Music and Scrobbling

So, I love Last.fm. I love tracking what I listen to and getting those little insights into my music habits, even if they are not always that surprising. If I were "less broke" I would subscribe to their cheap monthly plan just to support the service. I don't plan to stop using them, but in this modern age where everything inevitably ends up enshitified I decided it would be a good idea to set up a self hosted scrobbling service. Some searching gave me Maloja, which feels like it is probably a word with a meaningful definition I am not…
Code Project – Python + AI – Porting Playlists With Python
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Code Project – Python + AI – Porting Playlists With Python

I had a brief sting last year where I was using Spotify, but I dumped it, mostly for financial reasons, but also because as much as I like the ability to just, listen to whatever, I kind of dislike the whole "Music as a service" aspect. I can still find new stuff via Youtube and then add it to my list of "Albums to maybe buy eventually". One thing I lost though was my Playlists. I was worried they were just gone, soon after logging in, I swear they hd just vanished, but checking now, they seem to all be…
Spotify Wrapped 2024
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Spotify Wrapped 2024

I usually do a more detailed music post just after the new year based on my Last.fm, which is more reliable, but today is Spotify Wrapped Day, so I figured I'd share them here, for posterity. Not much surprising here, other than somehow I have two Lauren Mayberry tracks at my top two tracks, and she isn't in my Top 5 artists list. I am also a bit surprised that Sigrid is still there. I feel like I hardly listen to Sigrid but I seem to, a lot. It'll be a fun little test on Lauren though because the album…