About me

Hi, I'm Roderick van Domburg, an open-source developer from the Netherlands with a passion for audio streaming and software.

I've contributed to projects like pleezer, librespot, cpal, and Rodio, focusing on creating open-source implementations of streaming protocols and maintaining core audio infrastructure.

My goal is to build software that lets people use their music streaming services on any device, without being locked into proprietary apps or hardware.

Your sponsorship directly funds:

• Music service subscriptions for testing and development
• Network analysis subscriptions for protocol analysis
• Claude Code subscription for development assistance
• Hardware for cross-platform development and compatibility testing

Featured work

cpal & Rodio (RustAudio)

As a maintainer of cpal and contributor to Rodio, I help maintain the core audio libraries that power the RustAudio ecosystem. cpal provides low-level, cross-platform audio I/O, while Rodio builds on top with high-level playback features. Together, they enable projects like librespot to focus on streaming protocols rather than audio fundamentals.

Qobuz Connect

Since May 5, 2025, Qobuz launched their Qobuz Connect feature, and I'm working on building an open-source implementation. Following the success of pleezer and librespot, this project aims to bring Qobuz's high-resolution audio streaming to any device.

librespot (Spotify Connect)

As a core maintainer of librespot, I've delivered major improvements including migrating to Spotify's new HTTP-based API and implementing advanced audio processing features like dithering and dynamic limiting. These keep librespot reliable for high-quality Spotify streaming on Linux, embedded systems, and custom setups.

pleezer (Legacy Deezer Connect)

pleezer was the first open-source implementation of the Deezer Connect protocol, enabling Deezer playback on countless devices. As of May 6, 2025, Deezer discontinued Connect, so pleezer is no longer functional.