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Technical deep-dives into the tools, frameworks, and engineering practices we use at MusicTech Lab — from Django and Vue to CI/CD, APIs, and open-source projects.

SignNow MCP Server: E-Signatures Straight from Claude Code
5 min
Open Source

SignNow MCP Server: E-Signatures Straight from Claude Code

Mariusz SmenżykMariusz Smenżyk
Verified Human Cert MCP Server: Prove Your Music Is Human-Made, Right from the Terminal
5 min
Open Source

Verified Human Cert MCP Server: Prove Your Music Is Human-Made, Right from the Terminal

Mariusz SmenżykMariusz Smenżyk
1,200 Looms Later: How Async Video Became My Development Superpower
5 min
Case Study

1,200 Looms Later: How Async Video Became My Development Superpower

Mariusz SmenżykMariusz Smenżyk
C2PA in Ableton: Making AI Music Provenance Visible Inside Your DAW
5 min
Open Source

C2PA in Ableton: Making AI Music Provenance Visible Inside Your DAW

In May 2026 we shipped an MCP for reading C2PA manifests in music. This post is the follow-up: the same reader, now inside Ableton Live as an open-sou...

Author avatar Mariusz Smenżyk
MusicTech Lab x Verified Human: Building a Trust Layer for Human-Made Music
5 min
Partnership

MusicTech Lab x Verified Human: Building a Trust Layer for Human-Made Music

MusicTech Lab partners with Verified Human to build infrastructure for authentic, human-made music in the age of AI. Technical review, product develop...

Author avatar Maciej Dulski
Why We Don't Build Chat From Scratch (And Neither Should You)
6 min
Case Study

Why We Don't Build Chat From Scratch (And Neither Should You)

In-app messaging sounds like a simple feature, but building it from scratch is a project on its own. Here's why we use managed chat services and how w...

Author avatar Mariusz Smenzyk
AI Audio Similarity Search: The Future of Sound Library Discovery
4 min
Case Study

AI Audio Similarity Search: The Future of Sound Library Discovery

How AI-powered audio search is replacing tags and keywords, helping sound designers find the right SFX in seconds instead of minutes.

Author avatar Mariusz Smenzyk
Integrating SignNow E-Signatures into Your Django Application
7 min
API Integration

Integrating SignNow E-Signatures into Your Django Application

A practical guide to adding e-signature capabilities to your Django app using the SignNow REST API. We walk through the full integration - from OAuth2...

Author avatar Mariusz Smenżyk
Connecting Your Max for Live Device to a Cloud API
4 min
MusicTech

Connecting Your Max for Live Device to a Cloud API

Send song structure data from Ableton Live to a cloud API. Build a complete DAW-to-database pipeline with real-time visualization.

Author avatar Mariusz Smenżyk
Export Ableton Locators to JSON via Max for Live
4 min
MusicTech

Export Ableton Locators to JSON via Max for Live

Build a Max for Live device that exports arrangement locators and BPM to JSON, ready for external tools and AI music analysis pipelines.

Author avatar Mariusz Smenżyk
MusicXML: Standard for Music Notation
4 min

MusicXML: Standard for Music Notation

What is MusicXML, how does it work, and what are its applications in music and education? A guide to the open standard for sheet music exchange.

Author avatar Mariusz Smenżyk
Did You Know? 10 Developer Tips from Real Codebases
4 min
Series

Did You Know? 10 Developer Tips from Real Codebases

A collection of practical software development tips, workarounds, and clever solutions discovered in production codebases. Part 1 of an ongoing series...

Author avatar Mariusz Smenżyk
10 Surprising MusicTech Facts (Part 2)
4 min
Series

10 Surprising MusicTech Facts (Part 2)

Fascinating facts about music technology, standards, and innovations that shape how we create, share, and experience music. Part 2 of the series.

Author avatar Mariusz Smenżyk
Tempus Metronome and GetSongBPM API
4 min
Featured

Tempus Metronome and GetSongBPM API

What BPM really means and how we integrated the GetSongBPM API into Tempus Metronome using Flutter to let users look up song tempos instantly.

Author avatar Mariusz Smenżyk
Notion Backup Tool Built in 3 Days with Python
4 min
Open Source

Notion Backup Tool Built in 3 Days with Python

How we built an automated Notion-to-Markdown sync tool in 3 days, why we left Notion, and why we open-sourced the solution.

Author avatar Mariusz Smenżyk

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