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Tools and ideas that help lower the financial and infrastructural barriers to Atproto experimentation. This includes things like domain and service hosting costs, which may seem "inexpensive" in the imperial core but can often be impractical for lower-middle to lower class individuals, particularly of the imperial periphery.
Optimising ATproto applications is complicated (but that's okay) - Navyfragen App Blog
Bluesky, as a decentralised platform, poses a unique challenge for engineers trying to optimise for latency. Where is the AppView hosted? What about the locatio...
Capability Chains vs UCAN · by holobrine.bsky.social
Five ways in which ATProto capability chains offer improvements over UCAN
Atproto Ethos - AT Protocol
A deep dive into the philosophical and aesthetic principles underlying the design of AT Protocol.
Exploring the AT Protocol as a legibility layer for local-first software | grjte
Check out the project at https://notebook.groundmist.xyzCross-posted to https://baincapitalcrypto.com/atproto-for-local-first-legibility/ Some people like vim and some people like emacs and some people like something else, and why not have our documents able to be edited in all of those programs? ...
Exploring interoperability & composability for local-first software | grjte
Check out the project at https://github.com/grjte/groundmist-syncCross-posted to https://baincapitalcrypto.com/atproto-for-local-first-interoperability/ This is the third exploration connecting local-first software with the AT Protocol (atproto). Previously, I explored how atproto can enable new fu...
I COULD BARELY EVEN SPELL GFM…
#GlobalForceManagement - not the most popular choice of study for a #JPME student, but #GFM is a #CJCS #SpecialAreaofEmphasis
atproto made simple: granular permissions - underreacted
atproto made simple: granular permissions - underreacted
Exploring the AT Protocol as a distribution layer for local-first software | grjte
Check out the project at https://library.groundmist.xyzCross-posted to https://baincapitalcrypto.com/atproto-for-local-first-distribution/ What if private data could be published effortlessly, without friction, fragmentation, or UI restrictions? I've been experimenting recently with connecting loc...
Minimum viable decentralization – John Backus – Medium
If you want people to use your product, decentralize the bare minimum. Lessons from Freenet, I2P, Darknet markets, and Reddit.
the point of atproto is to make locked-open apps. apps which are constrained such that they cannot be e.g. bought by billionaires and ruined. yes, doing non-atproto things "enables app developers to do more". yes, non-atproto is "more intuitive" and "it sucks" when you hit atproto's limits.
lowkey if the only incentive to do anything with atproto is for the fun of it, that does not bode well... not saying that there should be monetary incentives, but there's gotta be something more so it doesn't become "this is no longer fun because it got too big" and then the platform dies
posts inspector
we are rapidly approaching cult status. hunker down people we can get there
two things can be true 1. `transition:generic` is too broad of scope for most atproto apps and users should be aware 2. `transition:generic` is pretty much all we got as atproto devs while more granular oauth scopes are being developed and users are fear mongering too hard too early rn
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Clearsky has updated to require authentication when viewing who blocks a user, and the permission scope it's asking for via bsky's oauth is...absolutely wild. Way, way, way too many permission grants there, folks.
Hot take but I think it’s problematic for atproto that lots of developers i see talking about making stuff focus mostly on things absolutely no end user gives a shit about to fuel their protocols and architecture fetish, and it’s a failure there isn’t another app with like 100k+ users active even.
Authenticated Transfer Protocol (ATP) Working Group - IETF
Resources to join the WG and mailing list. Meeting recording, notes, and slides. Drafts and discussions.
Meetecho Playout
atp
Support for atproto at IETF 126
IETF 126: Authenticated Transfer (ATP) 2026-07-23 14:30
IETF-126 : atp
Authenticated Transfer (atp)
