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Mixbase and the Power of Letting an Idea Sit

Take Mixbase.

At first, it was just a lightweight bookmark tool for DJ sets. Nothing flashy. No deep model.

The Pain Point​

My favorite DJs are all in different places - Spotify, Youtube, Soundcloud, MixCloud, their own sites... it would be great to be able to save sets independently of platform.

This idea sat dormant for years. Eventually I grabbed the domain abd scaffolded a basic backend -- the two tables, artist and set, SQLC, routing, and some middleware. I dont even have an entry for it in my proto product section.

Then last night, it all clicked.

What started as simple bookmarks expanded into a graph-based model of music discovery and culture:

  • This timestamp is from this set.
  • That quote is from this movie.
  • This track gets used in these remixes.
  • This artist pulls from this genre, frequently in sets labeled psytrance.

All of a sudden, the project wasn’t just a playlist helper—it was a mental map of shared audio culture. Something like a public knowledge graph for sound.

And that realization didn’t come from hustle. It came from letting the idea sit, evolve, and resurface when the framing was right.

That’s the key. You don’t have to throw away ideas just because the world isn’t ready—or because you weren’t ready.

  • Buy the domain.
  • Write the README.
  • Jot down the user flow.
  • Let it rest.

Because the moment might come when the vision expands, the UX becomes clear. The timing finds you—not the other way around.