Where we’re going we don’t need “instances” 😎
No notes. Rudy explains why we’re doing what we’re doing.
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What is the Atmosphere? - Leaflet Lab Notes
An explainer for everyone in 4 minutes or less.
Your identity isn't your username
Your handle is a label; your identity is a key you own. atproto splits who you are from what you're called, so you can rename freely, prove who you are with a domain you control, and carry one identity across the apps you use. Part of 'Apps as Views, Not Vaults': the things you make are yours; apps are just the viewers.
Who actually owns your network?
Every time I moved a community to a new platform, the exit cost members and history. Platforms come and go; the lock-in architecture underneath is why. Part of 'Apps as Views, Not Vaults': the things you make are yours; apps are just the viewers.
The Everything Account
I've been thinking a lot about our accounts lately. We all have an ever-growing pile of digital identities scattered across the web, many forgotten after a brief stint with a random service we found in an app store. It's like second nature at this point: we check out a new
ATproto: The Enshittification Killswitch That Enables Resonant Computing
Disclosure: I’m on the board of Bluesky, which was inspired by my “Protocols, Not Platforms” paper. But this post isn’t about Bluesky the app. It’s about the underlyin…
How small can ATproto get, really? - Unfolding Diagrams
Does an independent Bluesky stack really cost thousands?
Atmospheric Computing
Cloud computing has been extremely successful, but it lost the values that drove personal computing. We can solve this by evolving forward.
Internet Handle
Every time you sign up for a new social app, you have to rush to claim your username. If someone else got there first, too bad. And that username only works on that one app anyway.
Bluesky recommended Feeds & Labelers 2025-11-2 | HILARY BAUMANN
Feeds I recommend for almost everyone: If you are only following the default feeds, I recommend checking out at least 2-3 more. Feeds based on the people / accounts you already follow: These will help you just see more of the people / accounts you follow especially if a few…
@me - explore your atproto identity
visualize your decentralized identity and see what apps have stored data in your Personal Data Server
Here’s @rude1.blacksky.team, Founder and CEO of @blackskyweb.xyz and Excellence Award Winner of the #OpenSocialAwards. Blacksky is a beacon of choice, community, and agency in a bleak social media landscape. They’re building the tools they need and sharing them with everyone.
God I know people find this site slightly annoying or whatever but this is the pinnacle of social media to me. This whole feed is running on someone's CPU serving thousands of users in a decentralised manner. Absolutely lovely. Thank you space cowboy
spacecowboy
The For You feed is going to be down while I'm upgrading the CPU from AMD 7900 (12 core) to AMD 9950X3D (16 core). This should increase how many users it can serve by ~50%-100%. If all goes well it should be back up in an hour or two.
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Helpful links for newcomers to the Atmosphere
