Spotify Release Timeline
MVP Release Checklist
Release Timeline Features
- As a user, I want to view my albums grouped by week of release
- Show 3 months by default?
- Show a specific number of albums by default?
- As a user, I want loading the page to feel better
- As a user, I want an informative blank state when I have no followed artists and/or releases
- As a user, I want a simple help page of how this works
- SPIKE: Will we always get an email for each customer that connects to Spotify
- What about users that have only used Facebook to connect to Spotify? Is it possible they haven't entered an email and therefore we won't get one from them?
- As a user, when I fail to authenticate with Spotify I want a helpful error message
- As a user, when I click on an album I want to be directed to the album in Spotify
- Open the web player in a new tab
- Could we send to the mobile app?
- As a user, I want the release timeline to have a polished UI
- As a user, I want the release timeline to look good on mobile
Landing page
- As a user, I want a persuasive landing page that shows you what you get for syncing your Spotify account
- As a user, I want to read about how Spotify Release Timeline was made
Production Readiness
- Set up production in Heroku
- Set up staging
- Set up SSL
- Database backups
- Set up CI
- Simple analytics - segment to ???
- Mixpanel
- Google Analytics
GTM Plan
- Come up with a better name and logo
- Buy a domain
- ProductHunt
- Detect whether the user is coming from ProductHunt and customize the home page
- Tagline
- Topics
- Thumbnail (240x240) - logo
- 3 1270x760px images
- YouTube video of the product
- Description (max 260 chars)
- Comment from me about the product (no limit)
- Email list of people to "upvote" the product for me
- ...
- Twitter post
- Personal for now
- Time-lapse video of the entire build process from whiteboard to release?
- Spotify Community - post on relevant topics
- Google's Keyword Viewer
- "Followed artists on spotify"
- Load up my homepage with appropriate keywords
Coding with Jess
- Market the videos well on YouTube
- Description
- Title
- Encourage comments from people who have already watched Coding With Jess videos
Post-MVP Checklist
- As a user, I want a weekly digest email of releases from the past week
1. Spike into Spotify API to see if it's EVEN possible
- Connect to the Spotify API (Oauth nightmare)
- Get my list of followed artists
GET https://api.spotify.com/v1/me/following
- Get all albums for all followed artists
GET https://api.spotify.com/v1/artists/{id}/albums
- Get albums released in the last week
2. Show it in a Rails app
- Set up a new rails app
- Show the albums on a simple screen
3. Use OAuth to allow anyone to auth with their Spotify credentials
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Minimal OAuth flow, storing access token (no refresh yet)
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Install VCR
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Test the authenticate method
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Set up Postgres
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Store credentials in a database
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Store credentials in session
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Support refreshes when access token expires
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Set up staging server
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Set up CI
Other
- Pull back all followed artists
- Sort albums by release date
- Store access token properly (not in session?)
- Default header/footer to the site
- More detailed mockups
- Trello board with "features" we want to add
- Refactor the Spotify API code into a connector class
Spotify Release Timeline
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Spotify Release Timeline
MVP Release Checklist
Release Timeline Features
Landing page
Production Readiness
GTM Plan
Coding with Jess
Post-MVP Checklist
1. Spike into Spotify API to see if it's EVEN possible
2. Show it in a Rails app
3. Use OAuth to allow anyone to auth with their Spotify credentials
Other