Every lexicon, every "app" on ATProto is a "yes and" waiting for your contribution to the vision. We're all first party developers.

This is partly why I think atproto needs a more convincing vision about being a post-app protocol. A future where atproto is a bunch of apps and each app governs their own lexicon diminishes a lot of its potential in the long-term.

The killer app of atproto is interop

also, I kinda feel like calling the things that consume atproto data "apps" does a disservice to understanding what they are / how they work / what their potential is. But that is a partially-formed hot take I can't fully defend yet.

ATProto is a post-app protocol trapped in a world of apps. I can feel it all around the edges of the network.

some thoughts on atproto as a post-app paradigm

I made meme-museum.at to explore making a complete (if simple) atproto app. Build a collection of meme images and post htem. I don't know if anyone needs it, but, as I tried to lay out in the post, I'll be happy if it helps demonstrate why I'm so excited about the potential of atproto.

Fuck, I should probably add an announcement soon to askeverything.app that it is going to move to ATProto, huh? Gotta warn people that to stay on board the ship, they can't have private profiles anymore...

Every time someone threatens not to use an atproto app I think about a dinner I had where a Threads dev told me they onboard the entirety of the Bluesky/Atmosphere user base every single day. And Threads comes up in casual conversation I have with people. So im curious

Sign of a post-app economy forming around atproto