Atproto Ethos - AT Protocol A deep dive into the philosophical and aesthetic principles underlying the design of AT Protocol.

This is an article that I've wanted to write for over a year, and I finally got the chance to do it!

Atproto Ethos is a deep dive into how we think about protocol design - its influences, the core innovations, and the opinionated takes that we've adopted

Nice! I think they have the new “o3-mini” model in the free version when you click the “reason” button. Definitely better than default 4o, but still brittle.

I’d be happy to run your same task with o1-pro if you’re curious. It does best with all the requirements laid out in one message.

What model did you test with?

The gap between the free 4o and the paid o1-pro is enormous. O1-pro will oneshot tasks that take dozens of iterations with other models.

For me, writing is a form of thinking. It really helps clarify what's going on in my brain, because I have to like, explain it to write it down.

So, if you're a beginner and you want to write a blog post on something you're learning? Please do! It will help you, and everyone else.

Bluesky's (& atproto's) philosophy on the otherhand is based in open web principles.

we care about interconnected data, user-controlled presence, and interjoined application experiences

fundamentally, we care about a network that is greater than the sum of its parts

5. Bluesky's team consists of about 20 full-time employees. That's a million users here per employee now 🤯

Also, we're hiring!

bsky.social/about/join

What a vibe, happy Friday!

let me set a few expectations on custom feeds so yall know what's coming

the basic thing you're gonna see is that suddenly there are more feeds up on the top that you can switch between

if you're completely disinterested in the deets, that's pretty much the high level 1/n

Kicking off the coding livestream in less than 10 minutes, join us! https://www.youtube.com/live/D6FBGfrXazw?feature=share

sneak preview from the first ever atproto custom feed

my response https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35881170#35881746

vanilla is a complex & subtle flavor that unjustly gets a bad rap for being "plain"

If I'm being honest with myself this panel is my greatest contribution to geek culture so far

new unexpected first for me: starring in erotic developer fan fiction

(sry for reposting @pfrazee.com & everyone else that reads this I can’t resist)

in case anyone doesn't have nyancat on their mac terminal:
% brew install nyancat
% nyancat

Just ran an internet speed test and it said "very online"

having real users and real problems does focus the team like no other.

yes. there’s other ways to deal with even the worst actors. ignore, shun, humorously dismiss, refute. but “bullying” escalates cycles of confrontation that bring out the worst in people. i think bad actors sometimes thrive off the negativity too.

this made me laugh maniacally

we also are hiring — esp need a Typescript dev to help @dholms.xyz out.

and we’d love help building out community moderation tooling!

What haters

Posted from JavaScript, wow that was easy!

got it done gang 😎

shouts to @pfrazee.com & @divy.zone for hopping into the trenches at a moments notice to get this done

Lexicon? Merkle search trees? Self certifying data? Whoa buddy you must’ve hit your head pretty hard back there. Grab a beer, tacos are on the way, we’re playing corn hole

if your domain expires or you lose access to it, you won’t lose access to your account — devs are working on some friendly UI to help you pick a new handle, but this is not in our very near-term roadmap 👍

New Graph Update!
New Feature: DeepLinks!
Users: 17k -> 20k
Connections: 124k -> 166k
Interactions: 230k -> 326k
The supercluster is starting to divide on interest/identity boundaries. Shoutout to the 🏳️‍⚧️ cluster, I'd be there if not for this project.
Check out @jay.bsky.team 's cluster bsky.jazco.dev

What’s your secret

Impressive how quickly all the influencers and big poasters started moving over.