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Bluesky released early documentation for the "AT Protocol" (atproto) a few weeks ago, and I've been noodling around with it. Technically, it strikes an appealing balance between rigid cryptographically signed content-addressable storage on the one hand, and familiar web-friendly schemas and integrations on the other. But at an ecosystem level, there are already a bunch of existing open social media projects. Does atproto bring anything interesting to the table? How might it fit in compared to other similar protocols?
Project vs. Product, Startup vs. Business
A couple of weeks ago I dropped into a thread by Mosh Lee, about how ATproto has too many projects and too few businesses. Yes!
#atdev spent like 3h yesterday trying to make oauth permissions sets pretty only to hit a wall bc i need bsky to have more published sets bc everything is a huge overgrant 😌
by default plyr.fm now shows top tracks over the past month instead of all time
And that's fixed! Talks with live transcript at 2026.atmosphereconf.org/talks
ATmosphereConf 2026
2026.atmosphereconf.orgJeremy
@atmosphereconf.org Hi, I'm reading standard-reader.app/a/did:plc:lehcqqkwzcwvjvw66ut… which links to atmosphereconf.org/talks which doesn't exist. Where can I find the interactive transcript? cc @maboa.bsky.social
Hello World from the PLC organization (plcred.org)! The org was soft-announced back in March at AtmosphereConf. We've been working through logistics step by step and now have a public web presence we can point to.
First steps of the PLC organization
blog.plcred.orgwant to know what cool updates have been happening to fediverse software in the last 3 months? I've got you covered! connectedplaces.online/fediverse-news-summer-2026/
Fediverse News – Summer 2026
connectedplaces.onlineIf you're attending COLM, @mariaa.bsky.social has built you an atproto app... - Build your paper schedule - See the ongoing discussion around papers and active discussions - Create and find events - COLM-specific feed Join us! lea.ac/conferences/colm-2026/attende…
Lowering the friction of local copies of the atmosphere I think is one of the best things that can be done to unlock novel ml and sensemaking like Jaz has done! Jetstream v2 and microcosm so important. Here’s my small attempt - im sure there are better ones! github.com/pboueri/atproto-db-snapshot
GitHub - pboueri/atproto-db-snapshot: A snapshotter for ATProto to make analytics easier
github.comJaz
Yeah I've got a WIP explainer for the methodology sitting in my drafts right now. This was about a day and a half of effort (a nice sized weekend project) and drew heavily on the fact that i've already got a bsky archive in clickhouse for exporting and i have some background in ml pipelines
A quick heads-up to any users on rsky PDS implementations (mainly the PDSs hosted by @blackskyweb.xyz): You'll be unable to log into Colibri for a bit due to an issue with the PDS itself. There is an open PR to fix this. We'll keep you posted in a thread here. github.com/blacksky-algorithms/rsky/pull…
fix(pds): check proxied rpc: grants against the did#service audience by disnet · Pull Request #288 · blacksky-algorithms/rsky
github.comEmDash 1.0 is here! A modern, secure CMS, built on Astro as the spiritual successor to WordPress. Plugins run in secure sandboxes, and the distributed plugin registry is powered by Atproto!
EmDash 1.0: an open source CMS for Astro
emdashcms.comgood heavens, she's BLOGGING now?? i've been playing around with migrating to independent, open-source social networks for a while now. the tech is really maturing! but the space is still awkward to discuss. i talk about this issue here, and how it applies across matrix, activitypub, and ATproto.
communicating open social networks to normies
spacegirl.pckt.blogIf you want to get foryou.club/stats programmatically and show it to users of you app then you can use this endpoint: foryou.club/xrpc/club.foryou.getStats
Wow, no way! I just installed the @atpassport.net Firefox extension and managed to log into a website using FedCM in Firefox using my own PDS. This is insane, I had no idea this was possible at all, and gives a whole opportunity for us to implement FedCM in Firefox (and maybe even Safari?).
Now watching on @stream.place: @trezy.codes talking about HappyView
chicago.at's video on Streamplace
stream.placeOkay so I've built a new Atlas, this time it lets you explore the conversations on Bluesky over the past 7 days graphically. It should update every ~6 hours and help you navigate the information environment that exists on here. I've learned a LOT about what people do here today... atlas.jazco.dev
Atlas
atlas.jazco.devOMGGG you can now self-host lichen.wiki in a container !!!! (we also have a nix flake) wikis still live on people's PDSes, your instance sees the same wikis, nothing to migrate! you can put one wiki at the root of your own domain, or several (eg like one per language) guide here on tangled :
SELF-HOSTING.md at main · juprodh.me/lichen.wiki
tangled.orgLast December I lead a workshop in German about open social media for artists. It took a while to put it online, but it still quite a useful introduction to the subject. pckt.blog/b/hilkeu/open-social-media-ei…
Open Social Media: Eine Einführung auf Deutsch - Hilke schreibt
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