Barry Luijbregts

Building Podhome.fm (coming soon). An intelligent and affordable platform for podcasters.

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2024-09-26 13:17:16

This Saturday Sept. 28th 12pm-3pm EST, you can attend (listen and watch) a podcasting 2.0 virtual event. @npub1df6…ns3a will be speaking and we will have a roundtable with @npub1zyl…mw3t @npub1quq…7prs, myself and Ben Arc. We'll be talking about podcasting 2.0, v4v, modern podcasting and the tools that make it possible.
Listen LIVE in a modern podcast app: https://episodes.fm/1733269327/live/OTRiYjdiNDUtNDE0My00MjRiLWE5OGItOWQ1NmQ2MDJiYjk1LWI1Mzc1YzI0LTk2Y2MtNGM3Mi1iNTYwLTBkNDFhYzJiM2FiOQ
Sign up here: https://www.djvalerieblove.com/event-details/bitcoin-for-podcasters-virtual-summit-3

2024-09-17 19:54:24

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@npub1dft…ta3d it all seems to be working. Thanks for your help!

2024-09-17 15:24:28

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@npub1dft…ta3d thank you! I’ll try connecting to more relays

2024-09-17 09:27:27

Rolling out to our Podhome servers right now: More Analytics improvements.
✅ See episode performance at a glance
✅ Download analytics data as CSV
✅ New chart that shows device category (like Apple iPhone)
Power you podcast journey with www.podhome.fm
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2024-09-16 17:25:00

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@npub1jqa…82na I try them all. All-time favorites are pocket casts, Podcast Guru and even Apple Podcasts (say what you will, listening is a beautiful experience)

2024-09-10 23:33:20

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@npub1dzn…4dfn nah, that is probably just us adding stuff to much upon a new version. Well check it out

2024-09-09 07:33:43

New Episode! "The Essentials of Podcasting: Directories, Apps, and Hosts". Listen in your favorite #podcast app: https://episodes.fm/1733269327
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2024-09-08 15:32:07

Does @npub1yfg…v6vg podping?

2024-09-05 13:57:09

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BONUS: currently I save every (unique-ish) person that I find in a feed. This will be the basis for a Person API that I can also use for
@Podhomefm
to let podcasters search and select people to add to their show and episodes. When this works well, I’ll open this API up for open use.

2024-09-05 13:56:49

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Next is more for discovery, before I start with the client app. I want to create an API that I can use to search for podcasts, episodes, people and topics. Ideally this works with my own data, and the Podcast Index API as augmentation (if I don’t have the results myself, so that users can always find a podcast)

2024-08-30 17:37:49

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@npub124r…gne4 I understand. Thank you for your service 💪🏻

2024-08-30 13:41:01

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@npub1ln5…xyw6 that might be a good idea for the index though, as you have a very high workload.

2024-08-30 11:46:36

I've been running this for most of the day now, and it seems to be able to keep up. Although I see some lags where it lags a couple of minutes when it needs to process many feeds at once. The bottleneck is the database, which is clear to me. I'll let this run this weekend, so that Azure SQL Database can figure out which queries can benefit from which indexes, and see how the performance profile is after that.
Next is to figure out what the client (app) architecture is going to be.

2024-08-30 11:46:25

When podpings are found, I create an Azure Service Bus Queue message for each block to update, containing the Uris to fetch and parse. Each Queue message triggers a QueueTriggered Function that does the parsing. This can fan out to many Functions running in parallel, and seems to fit very well with my €45 / month Linux App Service Plan.

2024-08-30 11:46:10

So I ended up with a TimerTriggered Function that, every 5 minutes, checks if my Podping listener is still running. If not, it starts it again with the next Hive blockId that I need to process.

2024-08-30 11:46:03

That takes a lot of processing power as some podpings contain many Uris to RSS feeds (for instance when Buzzsprout fires a batch of new episodes).
I first tried to use Azure Durable Functions to make this scale, like I do with the pull updates for RSS feeds. But that was not the right choice here. Because I want to Podping listener to run always. And Durable Functions are meant to have an ending. If not, they are rehydrated and run again, which results in duplicate instances running.

2024-08-30 11:45:51

Each Podping contains one or more Uris to podcast RSS feeds that have been updated. I first thought to take this as truth and use Podpings to let users know that something in the feed has updated. But that is not good enough. I want to let users know what specifically has updated. New episode? A Live episode started? Which one? So for every podping I run my RSS parser to go through the RSS feed, update it in the database and see what is new.

2024-08-30 11:45:13

More work on the backend for my podcast app today (after a lot of backend work for @npub1tmc…zavv).
I now have the Podping worker running. This uses https://github.com/bmaluijb/HivePodpingAPI to retrieve "Podping" blocks from the Hive blockchain and process them for updates.

2024-08-28 15:37:53

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@npub1tz0…qf8c interesting

2024-08-28 15:32:10

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@npub1tz0…qf8c yeah, there are a LOT of crap feeds out there.

2024-08-28 15:27:11

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@npub1tz0…qf8c I think I’m being dense. I didn’t even realize that a GET like that just stops after the headers. Thanks man, discussions like these keep us efficient!

2024-08-28 14:09:39

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@npub1tz0…qf8c no, I try a HEAD if possible, and then don’t get when not modified. A lot of feeds don’t support HEAD requests, so the GET to check not modified is only when HEAD is not supported

2024-08-28 13:32:48

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@npub1dzn…4dfn I’ll leave the TypeScript to you 👍

2024-08-28 13:15:29

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@npub1dzn…4dfn I love C# and Visual Studio (Code).

2024-08-28 13:09:47

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This is the video with the Podping C# watcher running locally
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2024-08-28 13:08:00

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So I just adapted the C# CHive library, in combination with with a Podping JS library to roll my own C# HivePodpingAPI. That’s the thing in the video.
If you’re interested in listening to Podping using C#, clone it, change it, use it from here: https://github.com/bmaluijb/HivePodpingAPI

2024-08-28 13:06:00

Podping, WebSub and pull for podcast updates.
For my podcast app, I’m keeping my own database. Just for the purpose of showing users podcasts for discovery, and to be able to send users notifications when something happens like new or live episodes for shows that they are subscribed to.
I have my updater running that pulls feeds a couple times a day, and pulls and parses priority feeds (that users are subscribed to) every 30 minutes or less.

2024-08-27 18:28:30

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@npub1s7y…u8ak I’ll share here as well, as that is what this space is for.

2024-08-27 17:19:07

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@npub1dzn…4dfn yeah, it is, isn’t it? I’ll share here as well

2024-08-27 17:16:43

If anyone is interested: I’m sharing my adventures of building a podcast app on X: http://x.com/azurebarry happy to share it here as well, but I don’t want to flood this space.

2024-08-26 12:35:46

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@npub1kr9…77w2 replace all 😄 I would change them all, but that's just me

2024-08-15 18:28:00

I'm building a podcast app. The backend will have a database with shows and (limited)episodes so that I can display shows to discover and send out notifications when something of value happens (new episode, episode live).
Users will be able to search on podcasts with a combination from the PI API, Itunes API and my own database, to have redundancy and speed.

2024-08-09 12:38:27

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We used ASP.NET Blazor, plain HTML, CSS and JavaScript and run it on an Microsoft Azure Web App on Linux. No more Squarespace and a lot more control.

2024-08-09 12:36:12

We rebuilt our public website https://www.podhome.fm/
It's a lot cleaner, faster and explains things better.
More to come!

2024-08-07 19:33:49

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@npub1dzn…4dfn nice, isn’t it 😉

2024-08-07 08:04:07

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@npub1kr9…77w2 yes please: https://app.cal.com/video/aCaWmoAPyyFZVgeDhpcBir

2024-08-07 08:01:14

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@npub1kr9…77w2 that is very strange, thanks for telling me.
When that happens again, can you check if there are any JavaScript errors in the browser console? That might help me track it down

2024-08-04 15:59:26

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@npub1kr9…77w2 thank you Brian!

2024-08-03 09:10:35

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@npub17d6…v8qz the looks great! Happy building!

2024-07-29 05:38:15

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@npub1n7c…qf7l interested in trying Podhome for your podcast hosting? We’re pretty good

2024-07-27 08:07:17

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@npub1ln5…xyw6 just circling back, is there a specific error you are seeing in your side?
Is this related to the Fountain issue where a lot of shows show up delayed there?

2024-07-26 14:53:17

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@npub1kr9…77w2 I’m glad Podhome can help

2024-07-24 19:32:28

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@npub1ln5…xyw6 It shouldn;t. What type of errors are you getting?

2024-07-17 18:29:28

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@npub1fh8…j5w6 that’s definitely true. Good luck man, I hope you’ll have some relief soon

2024-07-17 17:50:57

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@npub1fh8…j5w6 that sounds horrible. I’m glad you are not depressed and going strong! Keep going and also keep looking for alternatives to hardcore medications.
I hope you get better soon!

2024-07-10 18:00:21

New Episode! "Inside Evergreen Podcasts: A Conversation with David Allen Moss". Listen in your favorite #podcast app: https://episodes.fm/1733269327
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2024-07-09 15:20:44

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@npub1pac…l6z7 we only file the startTime at Podhome. As I understand, no player apps use endTime at the moment (please let me know if I’m wrong)

2024-07-05 20:56:12

@npub1s9x…nw6j you might enjoy episodes.fm to share your podcast with listeners. Just one link like this: https://episodes.fm/501575043

2024-07-02 22:10:58

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@npub186h…h8sr a full-blown listening app. I don’t see the use of a “mobile version” of Podhome, as most of the app already works okay-ish on mobile

2024-07-02 21:30:06

I’m thinking about building a podcast app for Podhome, as a companion to the hosting platform. It seems like something fun to build. Somebody please convince me that this is a bad idea 😂

2024-07-01 18:25:32

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@npub1dzn…4dfn yeah, should be correct. That’s the entry-point, that registers and redirects to assets.podhome.fm

2024-06-26 13:30:23

New Episode! "Automatically Generate Transcripts, Chapters, Clips and More with Michael Katz from Flowsend.ai". Listen in your favorite #podcast app: https://episodes.fm/1733269327
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2024-06-24 19:31:30

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@npub1rm7…aczn aha, thanks for clarifying that

2024-06-24 17:50:29

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@npub1rm7…aczn hey, are these also available from other countries in Europe, or just the mentioned ones?

2024-06-19 13:30:29

New Episode! "Podcasting Insights with Kyrin Down from Mere Mortals Podcast". Listen in your favorite #podcast app: https://episodes.fm/1733269327
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2024-06-18 14:25:37

NEW FEATURE: Manage #sponsors for your #podcast in Podhome.
☑️ Sponsors show up in your Podhome Website
☑️ Easily add sponsor text to your episode description with Dynamic Text
☑️ Create redirects from your Podhome Website to the Sponsor's Url. This makes it easy to call out "go to aboutpodcasting.show/podhome" in your episodes
Learn more: https://www.podhome.fm/docs/podcast-sponsors
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2024-06-12 13:30:29

New Episode! "Seasons, Rebranding, Analytics and Podcast Tips with Jamie Taylor from the Modern .NET Show". Listen in your favorite #podcast app: https://episodes.fm/1733269327
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2024-06-05 13:30:19

New Episode! "Staying True to Your Mission with Joe Russiello from the Sword of the Spirit Podcast". Listen in your favorite #podcast app: https://episodes.fm/1733269327
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2024-05-31 08:39:20

New page on podhome.fm! See some of the amazing #podcasts that we host.
https://www.podhome.fm/podcast-shows-hosted-on-podhome

2024-05-29 13:30:24

New Episode! "Podcasting with the Ungovernable Misfits". Listen in your favorite #podcast app: https://episodes.fm/1733269327
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2024-05-25 15:09:24

I'm broadcasting Live! Follow the Bitcoin Creator Virtual Summit live in your #podcast app.
https://episodes.fm/1733269327

2024-05-24 15:23:55

We just rolled out some small but useful analytics updates:
- Analytics performance improvement for large #podcasts
- More filter options to drill down
- Analytics trends for downloads and audience. This enables you to see how your podcast is doing compared to a previous period
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2024-05-22 13:30:22

New Episode! "Podcasting and Data Science with Eric Nantz from the R-Weekly Highlights Podcast". Listen in your favorite #podcast app: https://episodes.fm/1733269327
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2024-05-17 14:57:40

Rolling out now: an upgrade to our #podcast analytics. You can now see unique listeners over time. This shows you how many people listen to your #episodes.
More analytics upgrades will come in the next weeks.
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2024-05-15 13:30:21

New Episode! "Finding Joy and Success in Every Episode with Mark Steadman". Listen in your favorite #podcast app: https://episodes.fm/1733269327
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2024-05-14 14:42:45

You can now change the language of your Podhome Website that you get with every #podcast your host on podhome.fm.
Use this to give your listeners an even better experience.
Try it out at www.podhome.fm
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2024-05-08 13:56:52

New Episode! "Releasing 3 Episodes per Week with Casey Ruff from Boundless Body Radio". Listen in your favorite #podcast app: https://episodes.fm/1733269327
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2024-03-18 20:21:54

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@npub186h…h8sr @npub1fal…llpd well done!

2024-03-14 17:01:23

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@npub1qrq…jrm3 for a second there I thought they would actually cut all egress fees, like Cloudflare R2. Maybe someday

2024-03-10 19:25:51

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@npub1mvd…pqg5 cc @npub1h4n…fruy

2024-03-07 14:54:12

Coming soon: Zapier #integration with Podhome. You'll be able to use Podhome triggers and actions to automate your podcast workflow further.
For instance:
➡️Post on social media when an episode is published
➡️Create an episode when you upload a file to DropBox
➡️Send an email when you go live
➡️5000+ more actions available in Zapier
What will you automate?
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2024-03-04 14:38:13

One more setting for our Live podcasting feature.
You can play pre-recorded audio in your live episode.
For those times when you just can't make it live.
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2023-11-12 20:02:44

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@npub1jtm…rxtn @npub1ta3…9zk5 @npub16wr…700m @npub1372…4cds Podhome supported it from the start. Accounts have multiple shows or albums, which are automatically included in a podroll element for the show or album feeds. Later we will give the option for podcasters to recommend other shows manually.