[sorenjan]

This looks really nice, it's a good showcase of the value of having an API that lets others add value to your service.

If you're looking at expanding the feature set there's something I've been thinking of for a while, but haven't gotten around to it yet, and this looks miles better than anything I would cobble together. I really miss Apple's smart playlists[0] from when I used iTunes for my iPod. It was really easy to quickly make a playlist with songs with 4+ stars that I hadn't listen to for at least a month, and stuff like that. I think something similar should be possible to do with the Spotify API, with either manual updating on my computer, or automatic via a batch job on some server. Maybe even expand it to similar artists or something, to take advantage of having access to almost all music, not just my own collection. Imagine being able to create a playlist with 100 random trance songs from 1995-2005 with at least 50 000 plays, and having it updated daily, or the 50 most listened to pop songs right now released in 1980-2020.

The similar artist thing would probably be a good addition to this new releases feature to, to help you expand your horizon...

[0] https://support.apple.com/guide/itunes/create-delete-and-use...

[codetheweb]

I stumbled across this [0] yesterday, which is basically exactly what you’re describing.

[0] http://playlistmachinery.com/index.html

[sorenjan]

That looks really cool, thanks for the tip!