My "Introduction to #ATProto" blog post that I've been working on for some time is ready 🙂 It goes through things like records, lexicons, DIDs, then PDS/AppView etc. and how it all works together. Let me know if anything is wrong! More parts later, with the Fedi comparisons & misconceptions etc.
Introduction to AT Protocol
mackuba.euAug 20, 2025 at 6:12 PM
atproto made simple: publishing lexicons - underreacted
i find some atproto documentation extremely confusing. the section about publishing lexicons is one of those parts that makes me want to tear my hair out. it…
Standard.site: the Publishing Gateway
Another deep exploration into ATProto and implementing lexicons
Standard.site: the Publishing Gateway
Another deep exploration into ATProto and implementing lexicons
Embracing ATProto, part 1: Setting up a PDS
In this series of posts, I'll explore my journey into setting up my workflows and services for atproto. The first step is setting up my PDS. Let's start with a bit of explanation for all this lingo.
atproto made simple: publishing lexicons - underreacted
Every post, like, and blog entry on atproto sits in your Personal Data Server (PDS) as structured data you own, which means building experiences that are extremely customized to you has never been easier. atproto + AI is incredibly powerful! #atproto
Atproto Is the Context Window You Own - The Tropopause
pckt.blogDid a little project this weekend to get caught up with #ATProto dev. Wrote a custom lexicon `com.chrisvanderloo.project`, wrote and published an Astro loader, and loaded my projects section on chrisvanderloo.com directly from my PDS. Package here: github.com/chrisvander/at-astro-loader
GitHub - chrisvander/at-astro-loader: An Astro loader for ATProto data.
github.comThe week-end is over so I'm pressing ⏸️ on my custom PDS project for now. Here's part 2 of my dev journal. I've learned a lot already and so far I feel like it might actually be worth finishing. It's really cool to get a more intimate understanding of ATProtocol and it's implementation.
How to Make a PDS - Part 2 - Zicklag's Leaflets
zicklag.leaflet.pubMy take on the "explaining atproto" discourse is that all the UX/filesystem/etc metaphors are still very verbose and that you can explain the same idea in a lot less words: It separates data from apps, so any app can use data from any other app. That fits in a tweet, with other sentences around it.
atproto-reads
blogs and writing about atproto (maybe also open social generally)
The Bluesky ecosystem has the juice (ATProto for normies) - Nate Spilman
nothin' but blue skies from now on
What It Means for Universities to Run Their Own PDS: The Potential of DID as Academic Infrastructure - Nightflight
From Attention to Intention - The Open Garden
Practical Decentralization
