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Paul Lamere

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I build music recommenders at Spotify.

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Hey everyone β€” SmarterPlaylists is back online at smarterplaylists.playlistmachinery.com

Read more about it at musicmachinery.com/2026/03/03/s...

03.03.2026 22:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Sort Your Music

SortYourMusic and OrganizeYourMusic are back online now.

sortyourmusic.playlistmachinery.com
organizeyourmusic.playlistmachinery.com

28.02.2026 15:15 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Listen, if you put a song in a mix tape for one person and then reuse that song in someone else's mix tape that's unethical. These are just the rules, I don't make them.

Two songs by the same band can never be back to back, it's the law. Shit is complicated.

17.01.2026 00:59 πŸ‘ 3516 πŸ” 246 πŸ’¬ 30 πŸ“Œ 0

Hey all. Thanks for all the tips on some of my apps being offline. It is due to a change in how Spotify supports authorization in web apps. Hoping to dive in to fix soonish but it’s a busy few weeks so :shrug:

04.12.2025 13:49 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It has been pointed out to me that this means 2.5 billion-dollar AI music company Suno has spent less money on music than many individual music fans

25.11.2025 10:28 πŸ‘ 46 πŸ” 24 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
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Album Cards: Rebuilding the Joy of Music Discovery for My 10-Year-Old What's the modern equivalent of flipping through CDs? Physical album cards with NFC tags that bring back the tactile joy of music discovery.

@eelstretching.com someone finally built it - fulghum.io/album-cards

11.10.2025 11:01 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Tonight I got the director of Hackers (1994) to sign my copy of the novelisation and discovered it was the first time he'd ever signed one.

It was also the first time he'd ever seen one, and in fact the first time he found out it existed.

19.09.2025 00:04 πŸ‘ 92 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

80s - "I can't work because the power is down"
90s - "I can't work because the server is down"
00s - "I can't work because the internet is down"
10s - "I can't work because AWS is down"
20s - "I can't work because the AI is down"
30s - "I can't work because the AI is up"

08.07.2025 22:09 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I vibe coded the Periodic Table of Music. It took less than 10 minutes. Give it a go: plamere.github.io/periodic-tab...

24.05.2025 00:25 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
SORRY, NERDS
5/4 1s
DAVE BRUBECK DAY

SORRY, NERDS 5/4 1s DAVE BRUBECK DAY

#MusicSky #MayTheFourth

04.05.2025 16:41 πŸ‘ 13311 πŸ” 2064 πŸ’¬ 521 πŸ“Œ 269

I was listening to the radio today and I heard you!! Super cool.

03.05.2025 22:14 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

For PhD students working at the intersection of music and AI in any discipline, based *in and around London*, some last-minute slots have opened up for participation in an in-person seminar series hosted by QMUL’s Centre for Digital Music (C4DM) and run by Georgina Born’s MusAI project.

30.04.2025 03:58 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Tiki Bar TV, Appendixes, and Rideable Robot Horses | E13 | Diggnation
Tiki Bar TV, Appendixes, and Rideable Robot Horses | E13 | Diggnation YouTube video by Diggnation

@eelstretching.com WTF?? www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ccq...

26.04.2025 00:09 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I had a wrestling match with mypy today. I finally turned to gpt-4.1 for help (it was really helpful). At the end of it all, when we finally got mypy to submit, gpt-4.1 celebrated our victory with this aphorism: "Remember: Static type checking is for you; you are not for it."

Words of wisdom

16.04.2025 10:48 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Called my congressman who voted for the SAVE act.

Me: What documents will I need to vote if this passes?
Staffer: a DL and birth certificate.
Me: The documents don’t match
Staffer: Then a marriage certificate.
Me: Will my husband need the marriage certificate too?
Staffer: No
Me: See the problem?

11.04.2025 23:10 πŸ‘ 51902 πŸ” 14663 πŸ’¬ 1591 πŸ“Œ 686

In my best Tim Minchin voice: β€œonly a non-nazi can call a Nazi β€œNazi”.

03.04.2025 15:27 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Fun fact: A single Mac Studio with 512GB of memory has more memory than *ALL* 6 million Apple ][ family computers sold by Apple in its 15 year run

05.03.2025 21:16 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I miss DEI

25.02.2025 18:14 πŸ‘ 50537 πŸ” 11536 πŸ’¬ 2160 πŸ“Œ 1593

As a vim user, the Touch Bar esc key was the worst. I had to remap it to capslock which then broke my muscle memory for a long time after I got rid of that abomination of a laptop.

21.02.2025 12:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Million song iPod - Duke Listens!

20 Years ago I posted about the million song iPod. At that time, the enabling tech was Janus - Microsoft's DRM . Choice quote:

"I wouldn't be surprised if Apple decides to roll out their own subscription-based iTunes based upon their own DRM."
dukelistens.playlistmachinery.com/DukeListens/...

20.02.2025 19:39 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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If you run a/b tests or user surveys to help you decide whether or not to launch a product, this New Coke article might give you pause.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Coke

16.02.2025 14:22 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

cc: @Gavin Newsome It’s time to build a CDC & NIH in California with the folks who were fired from the feds. In fact, I think each blue state governor needs to scoop up these scientists, healthcare workers and laboratory workers asap. @gavinnewsom.bsky.social

15.02.2025 21:30 πŸ‘ 15519 πŸ” 3337 πŸ’¬ 655 πŸ“Œ 387

Oh right, I forgot about that. It's all the old school folks I could find at the time.

go.bsky.app/LJbt1tc

14.02.2025 17:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Just what I was looking for. Also. Medior is still around !!

14.02.2025 18:35 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Okdokie Bluesky. Where’s the music tech folk at?

14.02.2025 17:14 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Hello Sedona

12.02.2025 00:21 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ergh.

11.02.2025 02:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Weird. Still working for me. Have tried logging out and back in?

30.01.2025 15:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Something like that. First irl meeting was at mog music I think.

30.01.2025 00:43 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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P.D.Q.Bach Artist Β· 1.1K monthly listeners.

open.spotify.com/artist/4iTYW...

28.01.2025 03:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0