DRNKNDev

Building VNYL

Technology EN ↓ 2 episodes

The biweekly build log for VNYL. We're fixing podcast hosting by making unlimited everything affordable. Each episode: what shipped, what broke, what we learned. Technical deep-dives, product decisions, and honest release notes. Building in public, on the platform we're building

Be sure to visit the podcast's website and support the creator: podcast.vnyl.fm

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DRNKNDev

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Two Weeks of Building, Learning, and Shipping 14.11.2025 16:14

Episode two of building VNYL in public. It's been two weeks since the first episode, and I've shipped a bunch of features, built some free tools, and gone down several rabbit holes researching podcast production workflows. First, I upgraded the text-to-speech model for this podcast. Still using ElevenLabs, but experimenting with better quality voices and trying to make this sound as natural as pos...

Building a Podcast Platform on My First Podcast 29.10.2025 17:12

I'm building a podcast hosting platform. This is my first podcast ever. Yeah, the irony isn't lost on me. Most podcast hosts charge you more when you succeed. Your episode goes viral? Here's your overage bill. That's backwards. So I built VNYL, unlimited hosting where success doesn't trigger a billing panic. In this episode, I break down why podcast hosting has backwards incentives, how modern clo...