The index exists so app developers don't have to run 20 servers
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that was really what we started to do at the beginning was what the whole point was, was to make it to where podcast guru didn't have to run 20 servers.
Episode 66: dropped the game definitely one of my favorite titles. Hey everybody, (approx., from transcript intro) 01:36:49 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)
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Donations pay for the Podcast Index to give developers its data free. The hard part isn't the aggregation software but server management, backups and sysadmin work across about 20 servers. The whole point from the start was that apps like Podcast Guru wouldn't have to do that and could spend their time developing.
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Episode 59: double down nothing once again welcome everybody to the board meeting (approx., from transcript intro) 01:22:53 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)
he's using his success in the podcast app world to subsidize or help smaller app, podcast app developers come on board.
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