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New comment by miguelmichelson in "Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (March 2026)"

miguelmichelson — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 11:29:50 +0000

Yes, it drew a lot of inspiration from Bandcamp and SoundCloud, but nowadays we are focusing on developing our own features.

New comment by miguelmichelson in "Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (March 2026)"

miguelmichelson — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 00:39:59 +0000

I'm working on Rauversion https://github.com/rauversion/rauversion, an open platform for independent music communities that combines music publishing, events, and marketplace tools in a single place. Artists can upload tracks, albums, and playlists with metadata, audio processing (waveforms, analysis), and embeddable players with chunk-range loading to save bandwidth. It also includes ticketing for events (QR validation, Stripe payouts), streaming integrations (Twitch, Zoom, etc.), a magazine system for publishing articles, and a marketplace to sell music (digital or physical), gear, merch, and services. The goal is to give underground scenes a self-hosted infrastructure for releasing music, organizing events, and sustaining their communities.

SoundCloud deleted 12 years of my music – so I built my own

miguelmichelson — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 13:27:19 +0000

Today I woke up to find that SoundCloud had removed all of my music — including tracks I uploaded more than 12 years ago. No meaningful explanation, no recourse. Just gone.

This wasn’t a surprise, but it was a reminder of a structural problem: when artists depend on centralized platforms, they don’t actually own their distribution.

That’s why some time ago I started Rauversion: an open-source, self-hosted platform to publish, discuss, and commercialize music independently. It’s built for artists and small labels who want to run their own infrastructure instead of handing their catalogs to monopolistic platforms that can disappear their work overnight.

https://github.com/rauversion/rauversion

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46753904

Points: 5

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A selfhosted alternative to Spotify/SoundCloud/Bandcamp

miguelmichelson — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 07:01:00 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/rauversion/rauversion

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44667785

Points: 1

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New comment by miguelmichelson in "Rauversion: Open-source Music multiverses reaches v1.0.0"

miguelmichelson — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 18:42:51 +0000

Hey everyone! We're excited to announce the latest version of Rauversion after nearly 2 years of development. So much has happened since our last update!

What is Rauversion? Rauversion is an open-source platform for music streaming that lets artists and communities create their own music ecosystems. We call these music multiverses :). Our vision is to empower musicians and managers with new ways to promote and monetize their work, building their own musical spaces with a different logic than depending on a handful of music monopolies.

repo: https://github.com/rauversion/rauversion , please give us some love

Key Features: Music Streaming: Host and share your music catalog

Event Ticketing: Sell tickets to your shows and performances

Magazine: Create and publish content about your music and scene

Multi-Record Label Support: Host multiple labels under one platform

Marketplace: Sell digital and physical music, merchandise, and services

Stripe Connected Accounts: Process payments seamlessly

Our Journey We've been piloting this idea within our local electronic music community in Chile. We've even released several vinyl records from our own Rauversion Label! It's been incredibly fun, but we've also been working hard to professionalize the platform. We're now really close to being truly satisfied with the results.

Recent & Upcoming Features: Admin & Label Management: Enhanced admin tools (Completed)

Merch & Physical Records: Sell physical products (Completed)

Shipping via Stripe: Integrated shipping (Completed)

Marketplace Enhancements: Improved marketplace features (Completed)

User Links: LinkTree like for artist profile customization (Completed)

Customize UI editor for record releases: Customizable sites for record releases with WYSIWYG UI editor

Podcast Improvements: Added January/February 2025, Full podcast support, with AI transcription (Completed)

Services Products: Sell services directly through the platform (Completed)

React Rewrite: Complete frontend refresh (March 2025)

Messenger: In-platform communication (Completed)

Mercado Pago Integration: Alternative payment processing (Coming soon)

Why Rauversion? Our whole vision is to offer alternatives to the current music industry model. We want to give everyone the power to have their own music business and to approach limited catalogs with their own editorial vision.

We're open-source because we believe in community-driven development and want to create a platform that serves creators first.

Get Involved! repo: https://github.com/rauversion/rauversion

demo site: https://rauversion.com

Let us know what you think! We're always looking for feedback and contributors.

Rauversion: Open-source Music multiverses reaches v1.0.0

miguelmichelson — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 18:42:51 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/rauversion/rauversion

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43550113

Points: 1

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New comment by miguelmichelson in "Front-end is harder than back-end"

miguelmichelson — Tue, 29 Aug 2023 01:53:07 +0000

Both frontend and backend development come with their own challenges. However, I believe the industry has been grappling with unnecessary complexity for at least the past decade. Take React as an example: it's a library developed by Meta, which boasts a massive team of developers. But before tools like React, and even before Backbone, there wasn't a clear distinction between frontend and backend in web development.

This division is relatively new and, in many ways, has given rise to new challenges and job roles. Gone are the days when we were all considered full-stack developers, working seamlessly across layers of a web application. In reality, web development should be viewed holistically, even though there are multiple layers to it. The final product is singular and unified.

It's possible to simplify frontend development by selecting appropriate tools. For example, a combination of Rails with Hotwire and Stimulus, or similar setups in other frameworks, can make the process more straightforward.

Deploy single file Phoenix projects on Fly.io

miguelmichelson — Tue, 06 Dec 2022 20:58:07 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/chrismccord/single_file_phoenix_fly

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33886930

Points: 1

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New comment by miguelmichelson in "Ask HN: Twitter Competitors?"

miguelmichelson — Wed, 16 Nov 2022 19:18:31 +0000

why not reddit?

Meadowlark Project: And why your next DAW will be open-source

miguelmichelson — Wed, 16 Nov 2022 19:03:32 +0000

Article URL: https://rauversion.com/articles/meadowlark-the-next-generation-of-daws-will-be-open-source

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33628646

Points: 2

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New comment by miguelmichelson in "Castopod – Open-source podcast hosting platform"

miguelmichelson — Wed, 05 Oct 2022 11:55:15 +0000

An alternative made on Elixir/Phoenix https://github.com/rauversion/rauversion-phx , it's also well suited for music communities and event streaming.

New comment by miguelmichelson in "Rauversion: An open source alternative to SoundCloud"

miguelmichelson — Mon, 18 Jul 2022 17:08:36 +0000

Hello, I've just released a music platform similar to Soundcloud. It's open source and is made with Elixir/Phoenix.

The app is lightweight and can easily fit on a small machine (512RAM or so).

Check it out, and if you like it, please give us a star on Github

Rauversion: An open source alternative to SoundCloud

miguelmichelson — Mon, 18 Jul 2022 17:08:03 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/rauversion/rauversion-phx

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32140630

Points: 1

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New comment by miguelmichelson in "Low-cost gel film can pluck drinking water from desert air"

miguelmichelson — Fri, 27 May 2022 00:52:43 +0000

This is happening in the driest desert in the world, this is a simpler but effective technique to get water out of the desert fog https://youtu.be/w5cBSORuB6w?t=35

New comment by miguelmichelson in "Show HN: Watermelon – open-source VSC ext. to document code and view Git blame"

miguelmichelson — Fri, 13 May 2022 21:01:32 +0000

I've been following Esteban's project recently, I like the product very much it's really handy to give context on what we do on daily basis (coding in my case :D). Build in the open is the way to go, best of lucks to the watermelon team!

New comment by miguelmichelson in "Zendesk pretends to be open source?"

miguelmichelson — Sat, 15 Jan 2022 02:02:04 +0000

Thanks!. Yes, in Chaskiq you have conversations like Tickets. You can tag them and assign them to the right agent (manually or automatically). You can also create your own plugins to extend the features.

New comment by miguelmichelson in "Zendesk pretends to be open source?"

miguelmichelson — Fri, 14 Jan 2022 23:15:43 +0000

I think the Zendesk article forgot us, take a look at a truly open source solution for CRM with live chat, knowledge base, video calls, API integrations, product tours, newsletters and more. https://github.com/chaskiq/chaskiq

New comment by miguelmichelson in "Open-source alternatives to popular B2B tools"

miguelmichelson — Thu, 22 Jul 2021 15:07:51 +0000

https://chaskiq.io - a feature complete alternative to Intercom ( https://github.com/chaskiq/chaskiq )

Dante3 a medium like editor with realtime collab capabilities

miguelmichelson — Sat, 29 May 2021 23:35:00 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/michelson/dante

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27329207

Points: 6

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Chaskiq 0.7.0 released: GDPR consent and performance improvements

miguelmichelson — Thu, 11 Feb 2021 05:49:36 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/chaskiq/chaskiq/releases/tag/0.7.0

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26098658

Points: 1

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