More organizations recognizing the value, more different communities outside the nuclear atproto dev community getting interested and BUILDING. Coalitions are growing. Big landmarks are being crossed like permissioned data and independent infrastructure. Folks are getting hired. We got this.
Jul 17, 2026 at 12:58 AM
On verification and coordination authority - Connected Places
Who verifies the atproto developer community, and why can't it be the community itself?
[Proposal] WG for group/community standards and infrastructure in ATProto
TLDR: I’m proposing a working group to develop shared interoperable standards for community infrastructure within ATProto. Many teams are independently making foundational design decisions about group/community membership, governance, and infrastructure. Without coordination, a de facto standard will calcify from momentum rather than deliberate evaluation of the ranges of community needs. I provide initial questions and principles to start discussion. Many people, apps and projects in developme...
Empowering science communities with open, democratic, researcher-owned infrastructure.
We’re building communities and tech for publishing, curating, sharing, and discussing research online using ATProto and other decentralized protocols.
Empowering science communities with open, democratic, researcher-owned infrastructure.
We’re building communities and tech for publishing, curating, sharing, and discussing research online using ATProto and other decentralized protocols.
Habitat's road to release: 05 adopting opensocial - building [at] habitat
This week, Habitat as a platform for organizational data is finally beginning to take shape. We've been working with other great atproto devs in the Communit…
WG Community Standards
A community space for coordinating, convening, and collaboration around ATProto
What ATProto Needs to Support Consentful Distributed Community Governance
Ecosystem Mapping — Open Tech Strategies | Blog
All the power of open source comes from throwing in with your neighbors, even the neighbors you don't like very much. For most projects, the main reason to get involved in open source is to create productive relations with as many participants as possible, including rivals. Doing this well requires understanding who is in your ecosystem and how they relate to each other.
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The customizable, scalable community platform powering over 22,000 communities. Create knowledge through conversation.
Ideas on a Financially Sustainable Atproto | Alex | Offprint
Explore a new funding model for Atproto that moves beyond grants and VC. Discover how StratosFund enables sustainable, community-driven open-source development.
Code may be easier now, but running infrastructure and building community are still hard. I wrote for the @newpublic.org newsletter this week, exploring how atproto + llms could make a great pair to restore agency and empower communities in a sustainable way. newpublic.substack.com/p/ai-that-helps-communities-t…
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newpublic.substack.comDevs in the atproto community! I will be organizing some meetups in the near future and will be reaching out Also- don’t hesitate to reach out if you want to discuss the state and future of the ecosystem, what we’re doing with attie, or anything else. I can’t just … open my DMs but we’ll find a way
Science Nonprofit Leaders
People leading nonprofits involved in the science infrastructure/ecosystem/tool-building
We live in a golden age of biology. So why are people still dying from disease? Because discovery and development move slower than they should. Today, we’re partnering with Incyte to change… | Samuel G. Rodriques | 491 comments
Ronen Tamari
Travis Rich
Kirstie Whitaker
Kari Jordan, Ph.D.
Daniela Saderi
