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A post mortem analysis of an API outage that occurred on May 5th, 2011, caused by a faulty deployment and migration.

A firsthand account of assisting Moby in premiering his new record on SoundCloud and the unexpected outcomes

A blogpost introducing the Large Hadron Migrator, a tool for evolving data schema in Rails projects using Rails style database migrations.

Managing web scale statistics with MongoDB and addressing scaling challenges

A developer's experiences working on the Mac App at SoundCloud Backstage

An introduction to using SoundCloud's API to stream, download, and access meta data and social features.

Customize your audio player with 'custom players' for a simpler or more complex audio experience.

Enabling users to share their sound creations across the web by connecting their app or web service to SoundCloud, providing value in various use cases.

Introduction to the new developer portal developers.soundcloud.com and the bundled features of the SoundCloud platform

Exploring the 'Puzzle to Unlock' concept inspired by Manchester Orchestra's label/management team.

Using OAuth 2 as preferred way of API authentication

Learn how to use the SoundCloud API Wrapper on iOS to share sounds and make connections on SoundCloud.