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Re:Show HN: Anthrology – Time-Traveling Radio by gavinhenry on Friday March 13, 2026 @06:31PM (#47370863)
I absolutely love it! Tell us more about what's underneath?
Re:Show HN: Anthrology – Time-Traveling Radio by airstrike on Friday March 13, 2026 @07:31PM (#47371416)
Glad you like it! I've been listening to it nonstop.

The core is database of >9k songs tagged by mood (and a fun fact!). Coming up with the right 2 axes for the mood (solitary <-> social, chill <-> intense) took a few iterations. I think I need to get the number of songs to about 20–30k soon, to add more variety.

Then there's an algorithm to determine which song to sample given the mood/year combo and song attributes, which forms a radio schedule. You can see some of those song attributes by visiting a song's detailed page (click on the "now playing" marque text or visit /stats and search).

I've added keyboard shortcuts and the rest is just polish!