Hey everyone — SmarterPlaylists is back online at smarterplaylists.playlistmachinery.com
As some of you know, the old version went offline a while back due to Spotify’s API auth changes. Rather than patch the old system, I’ve done ground-up rewrite with a modern stack.
What works:
- The visual graph editor for building programs
- Most of the components you know — sources, filters, combiners, sorters, conditionals, and outputs (51 components total)
- Running programs and auto-saving output to Spotify playlists
- Scheduling programs for automatic updates
What’s missing:
- Program sharing/importing
- Documentation and tutorials (but y’all know how it works, so you won’t need these …)
- General polish
What about my old programs?
I still have the old program data and the plan is to migrate them over, but I haven’t written the migration scripts yet. The component system has changed enough that it’ll take some careful work to convert old programs correctly. I’ll post an update when that’s ready. In the meantime, you’ll need to recreate any programs you want to use.
Important caveats — this is an alpha:
- Programs you create now may not survive into the final release. The data model is still evolving and I may need to wipe the database before 1.0.
- Expect rough edges and the occasional bug
- If something breaks, let me know here.
That said, the core functionality is solid and the app is secure (proper OAuth, encrypted tokens, HTTPS). If you’ve been missing SmarterPlaylists, give it a spin and let me know how it goes.
Special thanks to all the folks who’ve pinged me on musicmachinery, twitter, bluesky, github, reddit, and email to tell me how much they’ve relied on SP over the years. It helped me decide it was worth the update.
Music Machinery 