Yes, binary embeddings are cool indeed. And because they can be so small they even double down as powerful cluster identifiers. Built this a while ago: https://huggingface.co/spaces/iscc/iscc-sct

it is actually not that easy to spook yourself ;)

I had quite some unsuccessful tries to get started with coding. This one did it for me: http://www.greenteapress.com/thinkpython/thinkpython.pdf

It's also been made into a dead-tree book (from Cambridge University Press, no less), for those who like paper: http://www.greenteapress.com/thinkpython/

check out http://developer.echonest.com/