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I love it.", "excerpt": "It's very fast. I love it. The dev also has a \"fast\" WhatsApp client, but you can't make calls so I'm not using it (https://zapfast.rocks/).", "context": "", "use_case": "Spotify client", "switched_from": "", "story": "Spotifast: A native Rust Spotify client with Winamp skins"}, {"id": 799958816, "item_id": 49997426, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49997426", "by": "cyberclimb", "date": "2026-10-07", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I've been using it for a few weeks now though without issue!", "excerpt": "that's right, and it went viral on HN in the last few weeks as well. I've been using it for a few weeks now though without issue! One thing I ran into up front though is that you have to make your own Spotify App (in the developer dashboard) and set the client ID in the Spotifast's settings otherwise it's rate-limited to the point of being unusable. https://spotifast.rocks/make-it-even-faster/#make-a-spotify-app", "context": "", "use_case": "Spotify desktop client", "switched_from": "", "story": "Spotifast: A native Rust Spotify client with Winamp skins"}, {"id": 797248513, "item_id": 49828032, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49828032", "by": "reddalo", "date": "2026-09-24", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "it feels so fast and light compared to the real client", "excerpt": "Also, Win32 and Cocoa widgets feel so reactive and fast. Electron is bloated and so laggy. Speaking of performance of media apps, I stopped using the official Spotify client after I found out about Spotifast [1]. Yes, it's vibecoded, but it feels so fast and light compared to the real client that I wonder why Spotify itself doesn't fix their official app. [1] https://spotifast.rocks/", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "Spotify", "story": "A brief history of Windows scroll bar shortcuts"}]}], "caveats": [], "who": [], "tags": [], "use_cases": ["spotify client", "spotify desktop client"], "compared": [], "makers": [], "threads": [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49990730", "title": "Spotifast: A native Rust Spotify client with Winamp skins", "mentions": 3}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49820065", "title": "A brief history of Windows scroll bar shortcuts", "mentions": 1}], "sentiment_by_month": {"2025-11": {}, "2025-12": {}, "2026-01": {}, "2026-02": {}, "2026-03": {}, "2026-04": {}, "2026-05": {}, "2026-06": {}, "2026-07": {}, "2026-08": {}, "2026-09": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-10": {"recommend": 2, "neutral": 1}}, "quotes": [{"id": 800009472, "item_id": 50000592, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50000592", "by": "dibujaleojos", "date": "2026-10-08", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "It's very fast. I love it.", "excerpt": "It's very fast. I love it. The dev also has a \"fast\" WhatsApp client, but you can't make calls so I'm not using it (https://zapfast.rocks/).", "context": "", "use_case": "Spotify client", "switched_from": "", "story": "Spotifast: A native Rust Spotify client with Winamp skins"}, {"id": 799992256, "item_id": 49999516, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49999516", "by": "steeve", "date": "2026-10-07", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "i love the idea, but it takes lit 30 seconds to load the home page :(", "excerpt": "i love the idea, but it takes lit 30 seconds to load the home page :(", "context": "", "use_case": "Spotify client", "switched_from": "", "story": "Spotifast: A native Rust Spotify client with Winamp skins"}, {"id": 799958816, "item_id": 49997426, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49997426", "by": "cyberclimb", "date": "2026-10-07", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I've been using it for a few weeks now though without issue!", "excerpt": "that's right, and it went viral on HN in the last few weeks as well. I've been using it for a few weeks now though without issue! One thing I ran into up front though is that you have to make your own Spotify App (in the developer dashboard) and set the client ID in the Spotifast's settings otherwise it's rate-limited to the point of being unusable. https://spotifast.rocks/make-it-even-faster/#make-a-spotify-app", "context": "", "use_case": "Spotify desktop client", "switched_from": "", "story": "Spotifast: A native Rust Spotify client with Winamp skins"}, {"id": 797248513, "item_id": 49828032, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49828032", "by": "reddalo", "date": "2026-09-24", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "it feels so fast and light compared to the real client", "excerpt": "Also, Win32 and Cocoa widgets feel so reactive and fast. Electron is bloated and so laggy. Speaking of performance of media apps, I stopped using the official Spotify client after I found out about Spotifast [1]. Yes, it's vibecoded, but it feels so fast and light compared to the real client that I wonder why Spotify itself doesn't fix their official app. [1] https://spotifast.rocks/", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "Spotify", "story": "A brief history of Windows scroll bar shortcuts"}]}