rubber duck radio
Explain it to the duck first
two playlists, one deadline ◆ no signup, no app
Rubber Duck Radio
The playlist changes with the client.
Desi client on the call? Hindi in the headphones. Foreign client, foreign timezone, standup at midnight? English. Two playlists, one switch, and a duck on the desk for when the bug stops making sense. Open the tab, press play, leave it running.
Hindi, for the local build
Familiar enough to ignore, loud enough to keep you up. The music already playing in every Indian dev’s room at 2am.
English, for the offshore hours
When the standup is at midnight and the invoice is in dollars. Steadier, colder, built for the long middle of the night.
It asks the obvious question
Tap the duck on the desk. It says the thing you already know but haven’t checked yet. It is right more often than it should be.
Questions
What is Rubber Duck Radio?
A browser radio for developers. Two playlists split by who you’re building for. No registration, nothing to install.
What does the timer do?
It counts how long this tab has been open, so you can see the length of the block you’re in. Nothing is recorded or sent anywhere.
Where does the music come from?
Tracks stream through the provider’s own player. You can open either playlist there whenever you want.
Phase 1 build: the scene, the switch and the duck are live. The player lands in Phase 2 — the pill is showing its loading skeleton until then.