Thinking about atproto as an identity and data *substrate* of the web. RSS couldn't go all the way because it built within the boundaries of the same-origin paradigm, just like the closed platforms that ended up enclosing most of the web.
P(aul) Frazee
Yeah I'd say RSS was directionally right - it was an underpowered database replication protocol. It just needed to go all the way
Jul 1, 2026 at 5:47 PM
About Atproto w/ Dan Abramov | Wireframe Live
About Atproto w/ Dan Abramov | Wireframe Live
ATProto ideas
If AT Protocol becomes “a meaningful layer of the web” — even if it’s only tens of millions of users — then the winning ideas probably won’t only be futuristic...
There are no instances in ATProto | Hacker News
I feel like you've (perhaps purposefully?) misinterpreted "instances" just to plug ATProto specifically at the expense of ActivityPub (and RSS, a bit). I think you lower yourself by doing this:
The Rise and Demise of RSS (Old Version)
An unabridged history of RSS' triumphs and failures.
bnewbold.net
Bluesky released early documentation for the "AT Protocol" (atproto) a few weeks ago, and I've been noodling around with it. Technically, it strikes an appealing balance between rigid cryptographically signed content-addressable storage on the one hand, and familiar web-friendly schemas and integrations on the other. But at an ecosystem level, there are already a bunch of existing open social media projects. Does atproto bring anything interesting to the table? How might it fit in compared to other similar protocols?
Decentralisation and blogging on atproto - Connected Places
The space for blogging and long-form writing on atproto is rapidly developing, and it gives some interesting insight in what decentralisation on atproto looks like
The web was always social Diving into the idea of bridging different social networks and protocols like ATproto and ActivityPub to enhance the web. Looking back at my personal web journey, from Web 2.0 to now, emphasizing that building connections... herve.bzh/the-web-was-always-social/
The web was always social
herve.bzh@danabra.mov do you think it makes sense to frame atproto as providing a data and identity layer to the web, or as aiming to improve the web? I never want to overstep (see crypto claiming web3) but atproto is extremely web-brained like you said, and the web is where a lot of the utility shines
Thinking about atproto as an identity and data *substrate* of the web. RSS couldn't go all the way because it built within the boundaries of the same-origin paradigm, just like the closed platforms that ended up enclosing most of the web.
P(aul) Frazee
Yeah I'd say RSS was directionally right - it was an underpowered database replication protocol. It just needed to go all the way
Seriously, every developer who builds on AT Proto should also have two-way RSS support. It's so much simpler, and it leads in and out of all the web software built around RSS, and we could use some fresh blood, and as popular as ATP is, RSS is considerable in size too. Let's all work together.
I love that the design of atproto was in part inspired by big social Kafka and ScyllaDB server backends and @martin.kleppmann.com's Designing Data-Intensive Applications and the community immediately used it to implement thousands of apps with no backend lol
ATProto CMS for Websites
Easily accessible structured data from all your internet activity. Why not use it as a CMS for your website?
Adding Webmentions to a Bridgetown Site
zeu (@zeu.dev)
Offprint as an Astro CMS - Christian van der Loo
atproto-wc · atproto-wc
Rendering AT protocol posts on my /feed
ATmentions
