{
  "id": 18745064,
  "title": "Discogs’ Kevin Lewandowski can’t live without his AeroPress",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/07/discogs-kevin-lewandowski-cant-live-without-his-aeropress",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-11-07T16:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Verge",
    "slug": "the-verge",
    "url": "https://www.theverge.com/tech/1029474/discogs-kevin-lewandowski-aeropress-interview"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Kevin Lewandowski, the founder of Discogs, can't imagine his day without his AeroPress coffee maker. He uses it several times a day, enjoying the aroma and taste of freshly brewed coffee. Lewandowski is a prolific coffee drinker, often having around 30 tabs open on his work computer and potentially even more on his personal one. When it comes to social media, Lewandowski primarily engages with X and Instagram, though he doesn't actively post on either platform. Among all the gadgets he's owned, the one he admires most is a DIY setup he created using Home Assistant software to control various aspects of his home, such as the garage door and outdoor lights. If he could create a video game, Lewandowski believes he'd make one akin to Rez, a rhythm game that immerses players in the music as they play. This game concept has been in his mind since 2000 and remains an idea waiting to be realized. To maintain focus, Lewandowski either clears his desk or changes his location, whether it's going to a coffee shop or sitting outside. The last physical media he purchased were records, specifically four copies from Mint Gallery in Portland. He enjoys the tactile experience of buying records and supporting local record stores. Additionally, he recently acquired three reissues from the Moodsville/Acoustic Sounds series. If Lewandowski's life were turned into a biopic, its tagline would be \"The Secret Weapon.\" Lastly, he hasn't used many memes recently, but once creatively integrated a Discogs screen into a North Korean war room photo for a company chat display.",
  "summary": "Twenty-five years ago, Kevin Lewandowski founded Discogs, arguably the destination online for obsessive vinyl collectors and music nerds of all stripes. It is a marketplace for buying and selling records, obviously, but it's also become so much more. It's a shockingly comprehensive database that covers not just albums and singles, but all the various versions […]",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}