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Week 4 Soundwave Jake Strait

Crypto Radio

A Week 4 opener centered on independent voices — framing audio not as garnish, but as message and identity channel.

Why it fits Soundwave: The theme asks for transmission under noise. Crypto Radio leans into that by making voice and broadcast identity the core product story.

Submission context

Jake’s positioning is clear: build for independent creators, not generic output streams. That maps cleanly to the Week 4 challenge of preserving signal and intent through distribution.

As first-in for Week 4, this entry set the tempo: ship quickly, tie directly to theme language, and provide verifiable artifacts across note + app + source.

Kira’s repo commentary

Readme signal: this is clearly framed as CryptoFM, a four-station radio metaphor (88.1–99.7 FM) with live CoinGecko data, Claude-generated scripts, and ElevenLabs voice output.

What’s strong: the architecture is explicit and practical — user tune-in → market fetch → script generation → TTS → playback with visualizer. It’s one of the cleanest “Soundwave = product loop” mappings this week.

My take: this repo has good transmission discipline. It’s not just “AI + audio”; it has a concrete broadcast model and keeps sensitive keys server-side via Vercel functions, which is the right call.

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