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On music discovery, taste affinity, and building something different.

Alessandro Peluso · April 2026

I Built a Music Discovery Engine Because Nothing Else Worked

I'm not a software engineer. I'm a trader who moved into algorithmic trading when AI started changing the game. Sonic Oracle came from the same place: I had a problem, nothing solved it, so I built the solution myself.

Alessandro Peluso · April 2026

How Taste Affinity Finds Music "Sounds Like" Matching Misses

Sonic matching finds more of the same. Taste affinity follows real listener behavior to find music you'd never expect to love. Here's how the two approaches differ.

Alessandro Peluso · April 2026

Why Your Streaming App Keeps Recommending the Same Artists

Your streaming app's algorithm is designed to keep you listening, not to surprise you. The algorithm doesn't think about who listens to what. It thinks about what sounds like what.