Rewiring Your Record Collection: Apps That Help Us Rediscover Our Stuff | Ash Ryan Arnwine (Collxn)

Maybe you own hundreds of vinyl records but keep playing the same five. Streaming algorithms push new music. E-commerce nudges the next purchase. Everything is optimized for acquisition these days but what about the stuff we already have? Ash Ryan Arnwine thinks there's a shift happening: away from accumulation, toward appreciation. Tech that doesn't compete for your attention, but helps you go deeper with what you already own. Is this a tech-enabled walk down memory lane we actually need? Ash Ryan Arnwine built Collxn to explore that question. The app syncs with your Music catalog and sends you one daily email: a random record from your own shelves, plus vibe-matched recommendations and recent artist news. The goal isn't to keep you in the app. It's to get you back to your turntable.

After years leading DevRel at Adobe Creative Cloud and Nylas, Ash went solo. Now he's building from Kyoto, Japan, using AI coding agents to ship a product for vinyl collectors who want to rediscover what they already own.

🔑 WHAT WE COVER:
The Collxn concept: Daily "drops" that help vinyl collectors fall in love with their collection again
Building products that value your time, not pull you in for more
The shift from accumulation to appreciation: Creating value from what people already own
Why people collect things: Audiophiles, diggers, traders, nostalgia seekers—it's not one thing
AI coding agents: The double-edged sword of speed vs. depth when building a company as a solo fouder

🎯 FOR: Solo founders, DevRel professionals, collectors of anything, and builders interested in the shift from "get more" to "go deeper."

🔗 CONNECT:
Collxn: https://www.collxn.com
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