I searched >38k podcasts in about 6 hours...💪
That's a whole lot of podcasts! 💪
As part of building my podcast search engine (log.fm), I got the first version of my podcast crawler up and running. It is by no means the finished code, but it is for sure a great start. The first spike is while doing the last minute tweaking and error fixing. Then I let it run unattended for about 6 hours. It found loads of podcasts!
Backstory: Since I don't have lots of spare time to work on this project, I need to add in the most amount of automation I can. So naturally turned to Python for some quick and dirty scripting. That coupled with the PHP script to parse the podcast feed, a little bit of time for it to run, and viola. I searched over 38k podcast RSS feeds. All together the app was running for about 6 hours while I slept (before waking up for my day job)
I have already gotten some great feedback from people like @pips on their thoughts on my landing page and his favorite podcast shows.
Any shows or people in particular I should look especially hard for to have on log.fm? Let me know :)
If you want you can join the waitlist on log.fm for the April beta launch!
This is such a great idea! I subscribe to 30 to 40 podcasts and listen to them all week. When I hear a guest that really resonates with me I go looking for several other interviews of theirs in order to understand the entirety of their thinking and ideas. I was just thinking the other day how great it would be to be able to subscribe to a guest like you would a podcast.
Nice! I am the same way. That's why I am making log.fm!
What shows do you listen to?
My top shows I listen to every week are:
-The Jordan Harbinger Show
I also host a podcast called Evolve (http://evolvethe.world/), an interview show about social entrepreneurs solving global issues through startups.
Ohhh wow. That is a healthy amount of shows you listen to!
Ill be sure to checkout your show and add it to log.fm
Thanks! What shows do you listen to most often?
I recently finished the entire backlog of the Art of Product, now I am working though the backlog of Build Your SaaS.
Other favorites include: