Tim

Introducing Tap: Repository Synchronization Made Simple | Bluesky Just about every app built on AT needs data from a repository at some point. For many use cases – feed generators, labelers, bots – streaming live data through a Relay or Jetstream works well. But som...

finally landed it!

Tap is your all-in-one sync tool for the Atmosphere: webhooks, backfill, filtering, signaling collections, no cbor/msts/signatures/cursors. this thing's got it all!

give it a go and let me know what you think & if you run into any issues

docs.bsky.app/blog/introdu...

Interoperable Atmosphere apps with Lexicons Lexicons create a shared language for apps on the Atmosphere

I've been excited by the apps that are sharing Lexicons and building experiences that haven't really been possible on the social web

Node excitement 😉

Congrats to @marcoippolito.dev on making it official: type-stripping in Node 25 is now declared to be stable 🎉

You can run: node index.ts

The capabilities have not changed since Node 24. This is purely a maturity indicator.

A 10x Faster TypeScript - TypeScript Embarking on a native port of the existing TypeScript compiler and toolset to achieve a 10x performance speed-up.

Today we're thrilled to announce our effort to port the TypeScript compiler and language service to native code, gaining a 10x speed boost in build times and editor responsiveness!

devblogs.microsoft.com/typescript/t...

Composable Caching with Next.js Learn more about the API design and benefits of 'use cache'

Learn more about the API design and benefits of experimental 'use cache'.

nextjs.org/blog/composa...

Spent some time making a linktree-esque app built on #atproto @ bluelinks.fyi to explore reading/writing data in the atproto network!

here's my page: bluelinks.fyi/u/timjefferson.info

really cool to see city-wide adoption for bluesky, like @boston.gov has done

i'm especially interested in the Boston feed they created because this is a way for govts to share updates with their constituents directly through social media, without a company's blackbox algorithm interfering

Node.js Now Supports TypeScript By Default TypeScript is coming to Node 23. Let's break down what that means.

Node now supports TypeScript by default:

By @mattpocock.com

www.totaltypescript.com/typescript-i...

Benefits of an open network

While Bluesky looks like other social apps on the surface, it’s actually quite different. It’s an open network.

I blogged about it here: