Alpha Onboarding and Val Town Prototype Showcase

Hey fellow record dreamer,

TL;DR: I'm onboarding a handful of alpha users (Discogs account required... for now) and demoing the Collxn prototype that started it all at an online event this week.

Read on for how to join in!

1:1 Alpha Onboarding

I'm hand-selecting a tiny group of vinyl heads to try Collxn's alpha. This isn't fake scarcity: it's me trying to make sure Collxn becomes great for you. To keep things manageable, all alpha users must have a Discogs account so we can test the collection imports.

If you're in, reach out with your Discogs username and I'll set up a one-on-one session to walk you through the alpha, gather your feedback, and hopefully get some FOMO from your latest finds.

Val Town Prototype Showcase

This Wednesday, May 21 at some point between 12pm–1pm EDT, I'll be showing off how the seed of Collxn came to be at the very first Val Town Hall event. Val Town (https://www.val.town) is a service for software developers where I wrote the first Collxn prototype. (If you ever saw a demo hard-coded to my own collection, this was that.)

NOTE: Val Town is for the developers in the room, so only join the event if API roadmaps, database migrations, and AI deathbots writing React components are a few of your favorite things.

Details and signup: https://town-hall.val.run/

Thanks for being here. More soon.

- Ash

🔊 Playing While I Write This

Artist: Thievery Corporation

Album: The Cosmic Game

Label: Primary Wave Music

Format: Vinyl (2025 RSD limited repress)

Acquired at: For the Record NYC, Greenpoint, Brooklyn

Vibe: "Marching the hate machines into the suuuuunnn..."