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You can: \u2022 search quickly \u2022 filter records easily \u2022 sort by different fields \u2022 browse everything in a simple interface Basically the goal was to make vinyl digging a bit ni", "context": "", "use_case": "selling vinyl records", "switched_from": "", "story": "I built a better way to browse my Discogs record inventory"}, {"id": 737935953, "item_id": 46120997, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46120997", "by": "Fnoord", "date": "2025-12-02", "version": null, "stance": "neutral", "quote": "Eventually, use Discogs to search.", "excerpt": "I guess I agree (used to be a massive 90's EBM collector together with my ex, though I kind of got out of the loop of EBM end of 00's / start of 10's). Seeing a Woob album from 1994 recommended a few comments below <3 for CBL, I do like the track ~42 degrees. 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