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From: Adam Jimerson Via chugalug 
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Hi everyone,

I'd like to share a side project I've been building for a while and am now=
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ready to put out into the world: nuPodder (https://nupodder.app/).

nuPodder is a podcast synchronization service built on the gPodder protocol=
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If you listen to podcasts across multiple devices, platforms, or apps=E2=80=
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those clients support gPodder-based syncing=E2=80=94nuPodder lets you keep =
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subscriptions and playback state synchronized everywhere. You can also mana=
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your subscriptions directly from the web UI, and everything syncs down to y=
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client(s) automatically.

Why build it? There's an existing project in this space, but it's written i=
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=2ENET and has been a rough experience=E2=80=94slow, error-prone, and frequ=
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throwing HTTP 500 errors due to poor SQL queries and database design. nuPod=
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aims to be 100% API-compatible with that project, so any client that alread=
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works there should work here as a drop-in replacement.

Tech stack:
=2D Go with the Goravel web framework (a Laravel-inspired framework written=
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Go instead of PHP)
=2D WebAssembly, HTMX, and TailwindCSS on the front end
=2D Page layouts were prototyped using Google's Stitch (https://
stitch.withgoogle.com/) for vibe-driven design
=2D It's also a installable PWA, so you can install it on your device as a=
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native-feeling app

It's still in early stages and I would consider it to be a pre-alpha state=
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right now. That said I'm wanting to go ahead and get the word out, and=20
hopefully start gathering feedback.

Additionally a small disclaimer but I am also a contributor to the Goravel=
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framework. So hopefully this answers any "why not build it in xzy?" questio=
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;)

Thanks, vendion