It's true — fetching authenticated data directly from a PDS is a pain in the butt. And it's totally worth it.
Making Websites is More Complicated These Days - And That's a Good Thing
alexanderson.leaflet.pubAug 6, 2026 at 11:53 PM
New PDS! New PDS! Hear all about it!
The AT Protocol reference PDS implementation has just published a new release, version 0.4.5006 with a whole heap of awesome new features in it, we take a look at those features and the roadmap tha...
What is required to make a PDS implementation?
This Github thread from July 2024 had a long answer by Bryan Newbold that is included below:
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Can't reply, so I'm quoting. They're not completely wrong, it is important to have a PDS you trust because that is your gateway to The Atmosphere. It holds the private key that signs your records, the part I always think is missed here though is it's a two-way relationship/validation... context:
Who Actually Owns Your ATProto Identity? Hint: It's Probably Not You
kevinak.se
Ariel M. (she/her)
cc @pds.dad bc this writing feels a lil over sensationalized but idk and yknow, he is pds dad
I’ve said this elsewhere but I would KILL for (and pay for) a service to host my PDS and have an AP server running off that same data, the way Fedisky set out to enable one social web source of truth. micro.blog feels uniquely positioned to provide this, any chance you’d consider doing that?
GitHub - msonnb/fedisky: ActivityPub extension for Bluesky PDS
github.comSince I don’t have time to dig into this yet, question: if I build a service that relies on this (say, @squire.quest) what happens to users with a PDS that doesn’t support this implantation yet. What’s the planned experience?
dad (aka miguel)
oh shit, offprints about to pop off atproto.com/blog/atproto-spaces-alpha
Can't reply, so I'm quoting. They're not completely wrong, it is important to have a PDS you trust because that is your gateway to The Atmosphere. It holds the private key that signs your records, the part I always think is missed here though is it's a two-way relationship/validation... context:
Who Actually Owns Your ATProto Identity? Hint: It's Probably Not You
kevinak.seAriel M. (she/her)
cc @pds.dad bc this writing feels a lil over sensationalized but idk and yknow, he is pds dad
