Nostr notes by bryan newbold (⛱️ sabbatical mode)

I'm headed to NYC for a few days! roaming around with ...

2026-06-07T00:35:30Z

I'm headed to NYC for a few days! roaming around with friends.

hit me up if you want to hang, good events, or new things worth checking out (I haven't spent much time there since 2016)

@npub1l34…99yp and I pushed up IETF draft text for atproto ...

2026-06-05T01:08:00Z

daniel holmgren 🫠 (@ ietf 126) (npub1l34…99yp) and I pushed up IETF draft text for atproto repos and sync:

[www.ietf.org/archive/id/d...](https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-holmgren-at-repository-02.html )
[www.ietf.org/archive/id/d...](https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-holmgren-at-synchronization-00.html )

these are versioned in github (per norm) over here:
[github.com/ietf-wg-atp/...](https://github.com/ietf-wg-atp/drafts )

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2026-05-15T01:11:18Z

I wonder if the keg valve interop standards meetings are fun

I'm taking a summer vacation! 🌴 will be on ...

2026-04-24T22:04:19Z

I'm taking a summer vacation! 🌴

will be on leave/sabbatical from Bluesky this May through mid-August. hiking, biking, turning my phone off, all the good stuff.

gender-neutral ______ unicode emoji with modifiers for bimbo and ...

2026-04-24T06:35:25Z

gender-neutral ______ unicode emoji with modifiers for bimbo and himbo

🧐 something like a quarter to a third of the likes in my top ...

2026-04-23T03:18:13Z

🧐 something like a quarter to a third of the likes in my top posts come via the For You feed (you can see this on the nifty stats page)

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:vmt7o7y6titkqzzxav247zrn/post/3mk3sxqyp522u

alright protocol devs, some wonky bits: we revisited the recent ...

2026-04-21T02:14:43Z

alright protocol devs, some wonky bits:

we revisited the recent service auth JWT harmonization proposal, and have a revision up that sticks with a single string 'aud' field. also touches on issuer 'kid', and makes 'lxm' mandatory for XRPC endpoints.

[proposals/0014-service-auth-re...](https://github.com/bluesky-social/proposals/tree/main/0014-service-auth-revised )

this is a @npub1he4…h38v appreciation post: I love the ...

2026-04-19T19:54:29Z

this is a Bailey Townsend 🦀 (npub1he4…h38v) appreciation post:

I love the vibe/energy you bring to the room, you chose important projects that connect protocol theory to real users, and provide a whole lot of tech and social glue.

thank you!

it's never fun being up all night trying to keep systems ...

2026-04-16T12:24:40Z

it's never fun being up all night trying to keep systems online, but it is great to see co-workers shine and just bulldoze through it.

we are not fully out of the woods on this incident, and it will probably be a while before there is any sort of post-mortem.

but not, it's not from vibe coding.
https://pds.robocracy.org/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:44ybard66vv44zksje25o7dz&cid=bafkreibcsjnyzic5rqpgwk3xccizwgufqo4374c2dmml7ufvgc37elmh74

agree! and that this needs to be legible both inside the ...

2026-04-14T16:42:04Z

agree! and that this needs to be legible both inside the ecosystem (subculture) and outside.

existing orgs/structures (eg, IETF) can help a lot with external legibility, for some components/aspects.

[On verification and coordinati...](https://leaflet.connectedplaces.online/3mjhqq22ynk2f/l-quote/8_333-8_477#8_333 )

probably a good time at least, like, upgrade to ...

2026-04-07T23:14:11Z

probably a good time at least, like, upgrade to modern/current/supported versions of base OS, runtimes, network daemons.

that debian oldoldstable box running python3.5 which has somehow made it this far probably ain't going to make it

[Claude Mythos Preview \ red.an...](https://red.anthropic.com/2026/mythos-preview/ )

devs working with bsky image embeds: we are planning to bump the ...

2026-04-07T05:37:32Z

devs working with bsky image embeds:

we are planning to bump the image embed blob max size from 1 MByte to 2 MByte. first in the lexicon schema, and then in the Bluesky Social app.

more about impacts, and what this means in terms of lexicon evolution, in this github discussion

[Increasing Bluesky Post Image ...](https://github.com/bluesky-social/atproto/discussions/4832 )

this was most likely a misconfiguration on the bsky relay side. ...

2026-03-12T01:35:50Z

this was most likely a misconfiguration on the bsky relay side.

we have various rate-limits at the relay. the general limits for the eurosky PDS are high, but an "events per hour" limit was probably triggered.

looking in to better monitoring and limit config to prevent similar problems.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ooensn4mr5mhznzypvxelfa3/post/3mgszz2tisk2a

looking in to degraded bsky app content over the past hours for a ...

2026-02-26T19:42:09Z

looking in to degraded bsky app content over the past hours for a large fraction of users.

atproto personal data has a ton of potential. this is stuff ...

2026-02-20T19:33:06Z

atproto *personal* data has a ton of potential.

this is stuff backed up and synchronized between devices, but not shared with others. personal notes and annotations, sure.

what about all your photos? health data? laptop backups? lots of questions for PDS ops.

bsky API bump due to a bad deploy. rolling back and should ...

2026-02-09T22:46:52Z

bsky API bump due to a bad deploy. rolling back and should resolve in a couple minutes...

pretty huge spike in atproto firehose during Bad Bunny superbowl ...

2026-02-09T01:51:33Z

pretty huge spike in atproto firehose during Bad Bunny superbowl half-time show; much larger than overall superbowl coverage.

also more 2x API request rate on bsky services
https://pds.robocracy.org/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:44ybard66vv44zksje25o7dz&cid=bafkreiav7rn2hgmijptm4zxbwfdsp4drduuch7ltq76i3ghhrxogadf36i
https://pds.robocracy.org/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:44ybard66vv44zksje25o7dz&cid=bafkreibkgsv57m2unznocsvsu2rgfqjyarcb5ewijcl33yodgiy2kqnlxm

the simple solution to the atproto capitalization debate is to ...

2026-02-06T23:23:10Z

the simple solution to the atproto capitalization debate is to not capitalize any other words in the sentence either

updated the atproto specs to reference ...

2026-02-06T20:14:53Z

updated the atproto specs to reference [dasl.ing](https://dasl.ing ), a simpler variation/subset of IPLD.

hope this is more accessible for folks digging in to atproto-from-scratch implementations. the core primitives in IPLD (DAG-CBOR, CIDs, CAR) are great, but the fully flexible/general system can be overwhelming

[specs: update many IPLD refere...](https://github.com/bluesky-social/atproto-website/pull/496 )

some thoughts on how to implement public community spaces in ...

2026-02-05T02:50:15Z

some thoughts on how to implement public community spaces in atproto.

I think it is important for us to stretch what the protocol can do; and there are some great opportunities for self-hosting, moderation, customization, etc

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:44ybard66vv44zksje25o7dz/post/3me3ea7bfws26

quoting
note1h7z…ep88

it's pizza time

[Community Spaces on AT Protoco...](https://bnewbold.leaflet.pub/3me3ea64bhk26 )

it's pizza time [Community Spaces on AT ...

2026-02-05T02:37:04Z

it's pizza time

[Community Spaces on AT Protoco...](https://bnewbold.leaflet.pub/3me3ea64bhk26 )

one of our competitors is now a major US military contractor with ...

2026-02-03T03:29:53Z

one of our competitors is now a major US military contractor with a global constellation of space lasers, whose leader chums around with heads of state, the international financial elite, and other members of a sprawling pedophilia conspiracy.

so cool! 🚀📈✨

small atproto specs thing: there was inconsistency about ...

2026-02-02T19:28:47Z

small atproto specs thing: there was inconsistency about pluralization of the ":lang" suffix for i18n in permission-set lexicons. the specs said plural, the TS SDK was using singular, and folks have published lexicons with the singular.

we've gone ahead and updated spec to singular

[title:langs/detail:langs → tit...](https://github.com/bluesky-social/atproto-website/pull/495 )

what if we had something like the "live" pfp ring, but it ...

2026-02-02T17:29:30Z

what if we had something like the "live" pfp ring, but it said "spicy rn"

this is from the UpScrolled FAQ ...

2026-01-27T22:36:19Z

this is from the UpScrolled FAQ ([upscrolled.com/en/faq/](https://upscrolled.com/en/faq/ ))

I pretty strongly disagree! atproto works great for short-term video, with low latency and flexible discovery/feeds.

dealing with raw video and CDN costs can be challenging, but no different from a proprietary system
https://pds.robocracy.org/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:44ybard66vv44zksje25o7dz&cid=bafkreid2augqjmo4w3kp52dsplatga7k2aal4rbj3rd6x7y5krw2z4v4ie

wrote a quick guide to creating a did:web atproto PDS account ...

2026-01-26T02:37:51Z

wrote a quick guide to creating a did:web atproto PDS account using goat.

this isn't something I recommend for folks in most cases (did:plc is great!), but I think it is important on principle, and we should test and document it better.

[Creating a did:web atproto acc...](https://whtwnd.com/bnewbold.net/3mdc7fpbxhk26 )

strong feeling that folks should say "Atmosphere" w/o ...

2026-01-24T04:06:37Z

strong feeling that folks should say "Atmosphere" w/o capitalizing the T

will put out more details/timeline soon, but we are finally ...

2026-01-23T17:53:33Z

will put out more details/timeline soon, but we are finally preparing to push through the operational changes to switch over [bsky.network](https://bsky.network ) to the "new" relay.

have already started switching over some of our internal systems

excited to see this! the atmosphere needs more orgs and ...

2026-01-22T18:56:18Z

excited to see this!

the atmosphere needs more orgs and institutions, in more places, accountable to different constituencies, taking different approaches.

have been partnering with this crew for a while, and look forward to more internection

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:hochc4ppzwv5idi6ypeio7ow/post/3mcz4attwck2f

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2026-01-16T02:01:01Z

le'XRPC is now canon?!?

elfcup PDS is down 😞 upstream provider is debugging and we ...

2026-01-14T20:37:54Z

elfcup PDS is down 😞

upstream provider is debugging and we hope it will be resolved soon; if not we'll restore on new hardware.

some bluesky services, including fulltext search, have delayed ...

2026-01-08T20:57:14Z

some bluesky services, including fulltext search, have delayed indexing right now, by 2-3 hours. working to resolve the infra issue, after which all content should be correctly indexed

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2026-01-05T12:33:00Z

moody
https://pds.robocracy.org/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:44ybard66vv44zksje25o7dz&cid=bafkreihzx6eiiuyikdkn46r73gmeaz3mdoy6jjibu4bbwlxkuxtw5rxz2q

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2026-01-03T01:41:10Z

gm
https://pds.robocracy.org/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:44ybard66vv44zksje25o7dz&cid=bafkreihw2pfn4lw65yqd2tgfwu563e4dgdkhwao4p5k3c35gb4hg7zeu4y
https://pds.robocracy.org/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:44ybard66vv44zksje25o7dz&cid=bafkreihaq46jqjxjhbidlkoeuc6demqgdm4njqjnho3crz7m6rksk4sw7m

happy new years from 東京都 (tokyo)! these have become ...

2026-01-01T02:46:13Z

happy new years from 東京都 (tokyo)!

these have become Interesting Times, but there are many joyful rooms and communities of care in the world. I'm glad to be in it together with all you fellow creatures.

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2025-12-31T14:14:54Z

初めておせち料理を作る
https://pds.robocracy.org/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:44ybard66vv44zksje25o7dz&cid=bafkreia5eitzsqho4rydkv5yfe7pvrlitrqmsa2vihisqrpxybso3xi6kq

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2025-12-23T18:27:39Z

@npub1ayw…kf99 reading your most recent newsletter and thinking ...

2025-12-10T22:37:23Z

Laurens (npub1ayw…kf99) reading your most recent newsletter and thinking about Paul Otlet. recommend this book on early info cataloging and internationalist efforts if you haven't seen it; Robin Berjon (npub1yv3…3z9e) you might like it also

[Cataloging the World » Paul Ot...](http://www.catalogingtheworld.com/ )

looking for feedback on these proposed permission sets for ...

2025-12-10T04:37:41Z

looking for feedback on these proposed permission sets for app.bsky.*, chat.bsky.*, and tools.ozone.*

[Early Permission Sets · bluesk...](https://github.com/bluesky-social/atproto/discussions/4437 )

thinking about design patterns and data stores for indexing ...

2025-12-06T22:48:10Z

thinking about design patterns and data stores for indexing billions of AT records

[Big Indexing](https://bnewbold.leaflet.pub/3m7e3hk57rs2u )

'goat' is now in homebrew! $ brew install goat ...

2025-12-06T00:16:04Z

'goat' is now in homebrew!

$ brew install goat

[formulae.brew.sh/formula/goat](https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/goat )

I pushed a new release of 'goat' (v0.2.0)! the main ...

2025-11-30T21:59:38Z

I pushed a new release of 'goat' (v0.2.0)!

the main update is that most of the lexicon tooling from 'glot' got merged in, so you can 'goat lex pull app.bsky.feed.' etc

the commands changed a bit which might impact CI usage (hopefully for the better!)

[GitHub - bluesky-social/goat: ...](https://github.com/bluesky-social/goat )

@npub19y6…yh78 is such a great role model for projects in this ...

2025-11-19T10:47:46Z

Tangled (npub19y6…yh78) is such a great role model for projects in this moment

- actually does the thing: useful, accessible
- innovates/differentiates at *product* level: stacked review
- hybrid at proto layer (git and AT), pulls in bsky profile data
- built in europe by small amitious team

#eurosky

it looks like OAuth permission scopes are getting attention. we ...

2025-11-16T00:42:39Z

it looks like OAuth permission scopes are getting attention.

we know the stakes and urgency. we hoped to have this fully documented by now, and are very close. hold tight just a bit longer please

discussions are happening on the IETF ATP mailing list about ...

2025-11-15T23:32:25Z

discussions are happening on the IETF ATP mailing list about working group scope and high-level goals.

if you care about how the existing protocol meshes into the standards process machine, I encourage you to weigh in!

"atp@ietf.org", you should subscribe and read current threads first

went deep on some lexicon language spec corner-cases. please ...

2025-11-14T02:09:13Z

went deep on some lexicon language spec corner-cases.

please chime in if the proposed changes would be disruptive to you, or if you know of other ambiguities

[Lexicon Language Corner Cases ...](https://github.com/bluesky-social/atproto/discussions/4343 )

[Record Versioning](https://bnewbold.leaflet.pub/3m5jsx7qrws2n )

2025-11-13T18:41:39Z

[Record Versioning](https://bnewbold.leaflet.pub/3m5jsx7qrws2n )

AT service operators and moderation thinkers: I put together an ...

2025-11-02T19:41:47Z

AT service operators and moderation thinkers: I put together an early proposal around infra abuse notices across organizational boundaries.

really looking for feedback on this one, it is bait for counter-proposals and references to prior work!

[github.com/bluesky-social...](https://github.com/bluesky-social/proposals/blob/main/0012-infra-abuse-notices/README.md )

check out ...

2025-10-31T06:03:10Z

check out [@stechlab-labels.bsky.social](https://bsky.app/profile/stechlab-labels.bsky.social )

put out a new 'goat' release (v0.1.2) with basic support ...

2025-10-22T04:49:21Z

put out a new 'goat' release (v0.1.2) with basic support for PDS administration ('goat pds admin ...').

if you run it from a PDS instance it should find admin auth info automatically.

hope to have this replace the 'pdsadmin' shell script over time

there is an AWS incident happening in us-east-1: ...

2025-10-20T08:36:36Z

there is an AWS incident happening in us-east-1:
[health.aws.amazon.com/health/status](https://health.aws.amazon.com/health/status )

Bluesky has been mostly unaffected so far, but automated emails may be impacted, including communication of moderation actions

CTO: So are we clean on OPSEC? Backend: Sure are boss, real ...

2025-10-18T01:00:11Z

CTO: So are we clean on OPSEC?
Backend: Sure are boss, real fuckin sexy for #FCF, just like you asked.
CTO: what

as a reminder: bluesky (the app) has a broad set of user ...

2025-10-17T22:13:29Z

as a reminder: bluesky (the app) has a broad set of user interactions controls.

beyond blocking and block lists, we have features to control who can reply, mention, and quote-post accounts

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:z72i7hdynmk6r22z27h6tvur/post/3lydpzxb3uc2f

quoting
note1e26…fg9e

Quick Tip: You can control who replies to your post on Bluesky.

Just tap the 🌐 icon on your post to choose: everyone, followers, people you follow, mentioned users - or turn off replies entirely ✨
https://puffball.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:z72i7hdynmk6r22z27h6tvur&cid=bafkreifengyscmbk4gkfzzzglmiwr2vibfhn3s7jknx3gaso24rki3bawy

wrote up a little thing [AT Namespaces for Community ...

2025-10-11T22:11:00Z

wrote up a little thing

[AT Namespaces for Community Sp...](https://bnewbold.leaflet.pub/3m2x7bilyrc23 )

endorse! RE: ...

2025-10-11T21:07:05Z

endorse!

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:rnpkyqnmsw4ipey6eotbdnnf/post/3m2wvgkmr4c26

quoting
note1vql…93km

This is a fig (aka:[phil]) (npub17yf…gwt8) appreciation post. They really are the best and always so helpful. 10/10 person and they really are making the atmosphere a better place

a great way to break up bsky appview implementation work would be ...

2025-10-11T00:14:31Z

a great way to break up bsky appview implementation work would be implementing "Following" as a regular feedgen.

one of the harder pieces in general high-req-rate full-network scale, but a bunch of ez optimizations: only recent posts, limit following count, only subset of network, etc

standards folks! if you are in to this sort of thing, we now have ...

2025-10-10T21:32:00Z

standards folks!

if you are in to this sort of thing, we now have an IETF mailing list to discuss AT protocol bits.

[mailman3.ietf.org/mailman3/lis...](https://mailman3.ietf.org/mailman3/lists/atp.ietf.org/ )

if you want to jump in, I recommend setting up an overall IETF datatracker account and reviewing IETF IP policies ("note well") first

so-called "protocol" (exaggerated scare quote hand ...

2025-10-07T19:13:35Z

so-called "protocol" (exaggerated scare quote hand gesture)

for atproto devs and protocol watchers, I published an overview ...

2025-10-06T08:22:19Z

for atproto devs and protocol watchers, I published an overview of the network moderation architecture.

it tries to cover all the mod actions possible for each service type. this design has been around a while, but not well documented.

this doc is not very polished, but could clarify some details

[AT Moderation Architecture | b...](https://whtwnd.com/bnewbold.net/3m2j6ccx2bs2t )

my positive vision for atproto is for people to have a greater ...

2025-10-03T20:13:36Z

my positive vision for atproto is for people to have a greater degree of self-determination on the public social web.

baseline experience should be decent, but motivated folks should be able to organize and get more control over their online spaces and experience in line with their norms+values.

cooking on tooling for lexicon schemas: publishing, ...

2025-10-03T02:34:05Z

cooking on tooling for lexicon schemas: publishing, synchronizing, linting, checking evolution, etc.

still some rough edges, and need to show how codegen will hinge off this, but feedback welcome!

[tangled.org/@bnewbold.net/...](https://tangled.org/@bnewbold.net/cobalt/blob/main/cmd/glot/README.md )

this one's for you, IP licensing care-ers! myself included, ...

2025-10-01T18:23:02Z

this one's for you, IP licensing care-ers!

myself included, very very glad to have this out. still wish there was a good license for protocol specifications which *only* gave patent rights, but between this pledge and our recent IETF draft posting, I think things are on firm ground

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:z72i7hdynmk6r22z27h6tvur/post/3m25mrktygc2y

quoting
note1q2z…e6lu

Bluesky runs on open protocols with open source code. Today we’re taking an additional step and making a patent non-aggression pledge to ensure that everyone can build confidently on our work.

Learn more and read the pledge in our blog post: [bsky.social/about/blog/1...](https://bsky.social/about/blog/10-01-2025-patent-pledge )

[Bluesky's Patent Non-Aggressio...](https://bsky.social/about/blog/10-01-2025-patent-pledge )

at://devs! I wrote up a lexicon style guide, looking for ...

2025-10-01T17:36:36Z

at://devs!

I wrote up a lexicon style guide, looking for feedback.

also cooking on a linting tool to check a a bunch of these

[Draft Lexicon Style Guide (Lex...](https://github.com/bluesky-social/atproto/discussions/4245 )

blueksy video uploads are temporarily broken right now; probably ...

2025-09-30T16:39:16Z

blueksy video uploads are temporarily broken right now; probably impacting skylight etc as well.

we are working to fix the problem and expect them to be flowing soon

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2025-09-30T04:22:18Z

they should invent a more powerful banana

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2025-09-26T19:26:11Z

procedural TV voice: they are calling it "app server"

pretty broad/serious disruptions to bluesky network services, ...

2025-09-24T12:14:56Z

pretty broad/serious disruptions to bluesky network services, including relay and jetstream, impacting much of broader ecosystem. events (including posts) from many PDS hosts are delayed and coming in spikes.

root cause is upstream transit problems. working to bring up alt transit.

this is a great and important effort! even with PLC moving out of ...

2025-09-21T15:17:02Z

this is a great and important effort! even with PLC moving out of Bluesky PBC it is important to have more replicas, especially with regional diversity and the ability to "step in" and accept ops if needed. strong endorse work in this direction.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:hdhoaan3xa3jiuq4fg4mefid/post/3lz7ongkvt22b

quoting
note1wlc…5zp0

Finally publishing this about PLC! On a day with big PLC news!!

I think the news recasts this piece into more "why that's important", and less doom hopefully!

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:44ybard66vv44zksje25o7dz/post/3lz6kko5bnc2l

[Adversarial PLC directory migr...](https://updates.microcosm.blue/3lz7nwvh4zc2u )
note1pj3…ypq8

excited to share that we are following through on our earlier ...

2025-09-19T09:31:09Z

excited to share that we are following through on our earlier commitments and putting together an independent+neutral organization to house the DID PLC system, includes the directory service

[Creating an Independent Public...](https://docs.bsky.app/blog/plc-directory-org )

very cool to see AP devs hacking with AT-style OAuth! I'd ...

2025-09-17T08:55:40Z

very cool to see AP devs hacking with AT-style OAuth!

I'd really love to see convergence in the modern ecosystem around this shape of distributed OAuth

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:5w4eqcxzw5jv5qfnmzxcakfy/post/3lyz3uigtn22g

quoting
note1hpf…jtre

Ooooh, it works!! This is a client talking to an authorization server built with the `@atproto/oauth-provider` package standalone.

I've implemented just enough to make this proof of concept work.
https://puffball.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:5w4eqcxzw5jv5qfnmzxcakfy&cid=bafkreibhwdjt4l6wb6sm2ejvdvqvv2b3baz73avpz57fstmwy352dgcngm

to clarify if there is any confusion, Bluesky Social PBC does not ...

2025-09-10T03:47:17Z

to clarify if there is any confusion, Bluesky Social PBC does not currently own or control 'bluesky.app' (the domain with full "blue" in it)

anybody building on the indigo OAuth client package yet? ...

2025-08-30T00:24:03Z

anybody building on the indigo OAuth client package yet? wondering if this would already break folks or if I can sneak it in

cc: Eli Mallon (npub1tgq…20nv)

[oauth: store auth req scopes s...](https://github.com/bluesky-social/indigo/pull/1145 )

bsky mushroom PDS instances in us-west region are seeing flapping ...

2025-08-27T05:41:59Z

bsky mushroom PDS instances in us-west region are seeing flapping network issues, due to upstream provider issues

published a little guide with recommended atproto data limits and ...

2025-08-27T03:28:59Z

published a little guide with recommended atproto data limits and lexicon-schema-agnostic validation behaviors

[Data Validation - AT Protocol](https://atproto.com/guides/data-validation )

"I eventually want the app to be fully independent of ...

2025-08-26T00:20:18Z

"I eventually want the app to be fully independent of Bluesky"

this touches on a core value for me, which is to ensure that folks can build on atproto one day at a time, and chart their own path to the future.

you can start using provided tech+social infra, then grow off in a different direction

[what is anisota.net? - dame's ...](https://dame.leaflet.pub/3lxankooyf22l/l-quote/16_186-16_247#16_186 )

AI scraping volume is centralizing the web by making "hosting ...

2025-08-14T16:52:22Z

AI scraping volume is centralizing the web by making "hosting a website" as difficult as "hosting your own email".

even if you are fine having your site crawled, the scrapers are so aggressive that you basically need to use a CDN or tool like Anubis or be able to serve millions of req/day

go atproto devs: merged a new OAuth client SDK to indigo today. ...

2025-08-13T01:16:43Z

go atproto devs: merged a new OAuth client SDK to indigo today.

curious for feedback on the API shape! iterated on this a couple times and fairly happy how it came out. hope this makes go web app projects much easier

[indigo/atproto/auth/oauth/doc....](https://github.com/bluesky-social/indigo/blob/main/atproto/auth/oauth/doc.go )

damn they are really cooking over there RE: ...

2025-08-08T22:01:53Z

damn they are really cooking over there

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:wshs7t2adsemcrrd4snkeqli/post/3lvvzlhe6a22x

quoting
note1nl5…e07v

buckle up tanglers, we've been working hard! first up:

✨CI is now generally available!✨

head to your repo settings and set your workflow runner to the hosted instance.

🚀 we have also got support for secrets! you can now deploy your site on CI!

read the blog for more: [blog.tangled.sh/ci](https://blog.tangled.sh/ci )

1/5
https://oysterling.us-west.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:wshs7t2adsemcrrd4snkeqli&cid=bafkreiev34o2crfmwhsdui6by552vy3e2kzkm3qgo6i2w64gtrnm6m7d3a

having to click through a bunch of unwanted AI feature modals is ...

2025-07-22T08:37:00Z

having to click through a bunch of unwanted AI feature modals is the USA version of GDPR cookie banners

I built a demo atproto app for exploring the combination of ...

2025-07-20T21:09:14Z

I built a demo atproto app for exploring the combination of "user intent" declaration records and the proposed AI-PREF vocabulary and HTTP headers which pass the preference through to crawlers (eg, AI companies)

[ATProto User Intents Demo](https://demo.user-intents.org/ )

this is another cool approach to an independent bsky app ...

2025-06-27T05:53:44Z

this is another cool approach to an independent bsky app experience, which uses only a generic network service (constellation) instead of a bsky-specific appview

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:mn45tewwnse5btfftvd3powc/post/3lskuf5yx4k2k

quoting
note1qjf…7ctx

got feeds to load, uhh and also i already feel really bad about directly querying the PDS for each post's text content and so i really dont want to fetch images or videos directly from them too so right now im just using the bsky cdn instead [reddwarf.whey.party](https://reddwarf.whey.party/ )
https://shimeji.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:mn45tewwnse5btfftvd3powc&cid=bafkreiho4w2hdygwrpobjxpaaxii727usncds6stpnpkgpir6gfgug4gzm

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2025-06-19T03:10:41Z

looking in to some PDS instances / posts not coming through

@npub1xfe…cn4d is wrong

2025-06-12T02:37:12Z

hailey (npub1xfe…cn4d) is wrong

would be great if a [riseup.net](https://riseup.net ) style org ...

2025-06-08T03:08:03Z

would be great if a [riseup.net](https://riseup.net ) style org ran an atproto PDS with relatively open signup. gives a lot of additional privacy protections to end users.

just that period reminder that content posted to Bluesky is ...

2025-06-08T02:38:31Z

just that period reminder that content posted to Bluesky is public to *anybody*. if you don't want to see it used in a court of law, don't post it here.

and DMs here are not E2EE, they can be subpoened. a great use for bsky DMs is to share secure comms and move the conversation there.

can't remember if I shared it before, but ...

2025-06-07T19:52:36Z

can't remember if I shared it before, but [plonk.li](https://plonk.li ) is an atproto pastebin service, nifty

[plonk.li/p/0X](https://plonk.li/p/0X )
[astrolabe.at/at/nekomimi....](https://astrolabe.at/at/nekomimi.pet/li.plonk.paste/3lq2j5yahdk2a )

a bunch of atproto stuff I always hoped to see (or build myself!) ...

2025-05-31T00:12:58Z

a bunch of atproto stuff I always hoped to see (or build myself!) is getting built out, which is really cool.

other stuff i'd love to see explored (won't have time myself for the forseeble):

reusable group/role/community primitives

got some juicy OAuth improvements cooking! and auth scopes ...

2025-05-28T05:37:17Z

got some juicy OAuth improvements cooking! and auth scopes starting to come along

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2025-05-18T00:53:42Z

RIP [@cryptome-org.bsky.social](https://bsky.app/profile/cryptome-org.bsky.social )

does anybody do atproto dev directly from their mobile phone? ...

2025-05-08T20:53:34Z

does anybody do atproto dev directly from their mobile phone? tablet doesn't count.

this was a big "future of coding" prediction years back, curious if it happened

very excited about lower costs with new Sync v1.1 relay, and did ...

2025-05-02T16:31:02Z

very excited about lower costs with new Sync v1.1 relay, and did a write-up on how to host one cheaply

(though [@bad-example.com](https://bsky.app/profile/bad-example.com ) and futur (npub1y00…k794) kind of got me beat on the price point)

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ewvi7nxzyoun6zhxrhs64oiz/post/3lo7amkg4p22g

[A Full-Network Relay for $34 a...](https://whtwnd.com/bnewbold.net/3lo7a2a4qxg2l )

@npub1keq…lqfp nice handle

2025-04-25T06:46:44Z

‍ (npub1keq…lqfp)

nice handle

@npub1ayw…kf99 re: your ahoy intro and client app as locus of ...

2025-04-24T21:13:48Z

Laurens (npub1ayw…kf99) re: your ahoy intro and client app as locus of moderation:

yes! infra moderation is definitely a thing for servers/APIs, but we think apps (and particularly branded apps) are where a lot of classic content moderation could be centered (or at least flow from there)

yep RE: ...

2025-04-16T18:53:46Z

yep

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:77tdak46psveqneyegsdyc7l/post/3lmwwf5v2p22t

quoting
note1svn…x63m

Bluesky’s trying something no one’s pulled off before: building a protocol and a business model around openness. They’re hiring a Head of Product. I’m not applying - but here’s how I’d approach it. [werd.io/2025/if-i-ra...](https://werd.io/2025/if-i-ran-bluesky-product )

[If I ran Bluesky Product](https://werd.io/2025/if-i-ran-bluesky-product )

how about @npub19y6…yh78 but for game servers (quake3, ...

2025-04-08T22:37:17Z

how about Tangled (npub19y6…yh78) but for game servers (quake3, factorio, minecraft, whatever).

eg, on-atproto public metadata, discovery, membership/roles; off-atproto separate server which game actually talks to

wading in to the discourse I guess, but can't folks find more ...

2025-03-26T22:50:03Z

wading in to the discourse I guess, but can't folks find more pro-gen-AI artists to riff with? maybe public domain or non-contemporary?

using literally the "I strongly feel that this is an insult to life itself" guy for just-poking-around experiments feels really off and bad-vibes

damn, missed my opportunity to get down on knees IRL and beg ...

2025-03-24T19:49:38Z

damn, missed my opportunity to get down on knees IRL and beg ændra. (npub1z3e…plyl) for an XBlock-like labeler for insta-style big-text-image posts

couple #atmosphereconf questions around what apps/projects ...

2025-03-22T18:25:40Z

couple #atmosphereconf questions around what apps/projects we'd love to see

here is a big list we have today! will try to get out something punchier soon

[Call for Developer Projects · ...](https://github.com/bluesky-social/atproto/discussions/3049 )

some group discussions i'm hoping to have at #atmosphereconf: ...

2025-03-18T07:45:21Z

some group discussions i'm hoping to have at #atmosphereconf:

"IndieSky": there are a few scaled-down bsky appview projects. how can we get to an out-of-box "service distribution" which people can self-host?

this doesn't seem to have impacted too many folks or ...

2025-03-14T19:23:33Z

this doesn't seem to have impacted too many folks or services, but it is worth checking any consuming services you operate.

this took place around: Friday 14 March 2025 18:21:51 UTC

(plus/minus a few minutes)

should be seeing current sequences (now) like 6492917018

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:44ybard66vv44zksje25o7dz/post/3lkeck4dxvc2d

quoting
note1afa…h6s8

we may have had an operational oops with the bluesky firehose ([bsky.network](https://bsky.network )), resulting in some far-future sequences being emitted.

depending on how strict consumers are, might need to roll-back sequence. looking in to details now.

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[Record Versioning](https://bnewbold.leaflet.pub/3m5jsx7qrws2n )

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