Reposted by Ethan GrafHabitat @habitat.network · 25/09/2026Did you miss us last week? Well, we have an exciting one to make up for it :)habitat.leaflet.pubHabitat's road to release: 07 bridging traditional SaaS appsbuilding bridges to the (organizational) atmosphere 1167
Reposted by Ethan GrafHabitat @habitat.network · 28/08/2026It's that time of the week again! Today, we're sharing Chalk, a document editor that shows how apps that need fine-grained permissioning can be built on spaces. Chalk is built on our last three releases!habitat.leaflet.pubHabitat's road to release: 04 ChalkThe one where we don't release an API :) 1296
Reposted by Ethan GrafDa-Jin Chu @dajin.dev · 26/08/2026Software factories are a bad analogy that completely misunderstand the nature of software engineering. Wrote some thoughts on a better analogy, which also helped me think through where coding agents work well and where they don't. dajin.dev/posts/software_factorydajin.devSoftware factories are a bad analogyFully automated “software factories” are allegedly right on the horizon. Some companies claim their factories are “dark,” a phrase borrowed from manufacturing, where fully … 011
Ethan Graf @eagraf.dev · 22/08/2026here at @atproto.nyc community day 2026 [4t1hf5ng] #atprotonyc 050
Reposted by Ethan GrafHabitat @habitat.network · 21/08/2026At Habitat, we've been thinking about what apps might need to build rich permission-ed interactions and interoperate. Here's our take ⤵️habitat.leaflet.pubHabitat's road to release: 03 ReBAC on spacesFine-grained permissioning on top of spaces. 0203
Ethan Graf @eagraf.dev · 20/08/2026@tynanpurdy.com is anyone building a Beli alternative on the protocol? @dajinchu.bsky.social is looking for a project for the nyc community day #atprotonyc 110
Reposted by Ethan GrafHabitat @habitat.network · 06/08/2026Over the next few months, we'll be spotlighting parts of Habitat one at a time as we work through our roadmap to a stable release in ~6 months. Here's a little preamble to that!habitat.leaflet.pubDefining data agency& more reflections from Habitat's summer in Berlin 051
Reposted by Ethan GrafATProto Boston @atproto.boston · 17/07/2026Catch us at our next meetup in just under two weeks, featuring @ronentk.me, presenting on @semble.so and @atproto.science!atmo.rsvpATProto Boston LiveJoin us at CarGurus HQ in Back Bay for our first ever, full-fledged, ATProto Boston meetup! We have talks, we have pizza, we have great folks working on the open social web and putting agency back in ... 0124
Ethan Graf @eagraf.dev · 17/07/2026Just saw a post on here about reciprocal AI norms, and how it is not appropriate to send people AI generated code without validating it yourself. I've been thinking the exact same thing recently, but now I can't find the post! Seriously I've been searching for an hour, does anyone have the link? 000
Reposted by Ethan Grafdaniel holmgren 🫠 @dholms.at · 23/06/2026as a little pre-show surprise, here's an early draft of the permissioned data proposal! github.com/bluesky-soci...github.comPermissioned data by dholms · Pull Request #94 · bluesky-social/proposalsThis is an early draft of the proposal for permissioned data. Please do not over-index on this. Details, terminology, and behaviors are all likely to change. For a friendly introduction to the prot... 727466
Ethan Graf @eagraf.dev · 23/06/2026@hyl.st @chris.pardy.family the no dedicated signaling infrastructure part is pretty close to some of the stuff we were talking about the other day 030
Reposted by Ethan Grafsōm ⁂ @hyl.st · 21/06/2026@chris.pardy.family wrote some thoughts on using CRDTs in atproto: leaflet.pub/p/did:plc:dp... He's looking for feedback and thoughts, I'm formulating my own, but I think it's an excellent start!leaflet.pubCRDT's on ATProto 6386
Reposted by Ethan GrafHabitat @habitat.network · 12/06/2026We've spent the last couple weeks deep diving on the permissioned spaces proposal and what it means for Habitat's use case! We plan to release a formalized spec on what we're building soon, but in the mean time appreciate any thoughts on our design.habitat.leaflet.pubHabitat & permission spaces for organizationsOur plans for organizational permissions on spaces 1315
Ethan Graf @eagraf.dev · 23/05/2026Not quite the same thing, but I’m working on a atproto based obsidian alternative using habitat’s permissive data setup. Will have more to show in a month or so There will definitely be a plugin system, so will definitely be possible to build something like dataview on top of it 130
Reposted by Ethan GrafATProto Boston @atproto.boston · 18/05/2026Do you like coding and music? We're going to @codeforboston.bsky.social TOMRROW to hack together on Porchfest using @atproto.com. Bring your laptop and your ideas!atmo.rsvpPorchfest HackWhat if porchfest and atproto? Join us and Code for Boston at the Cambridge Innovation Center where we will build together and play with the possibilities of experiences for porchfest on the open soc... 0168
Reposted by Ethan GrafATProto Boston @atproto.boston · 14/05/2026Today is the day! We're meeting up at Democracy Brewing at 7PM. Come hang out! We've got Scoiattolo of Skywatch, Ethan Graf of Habitat Network, max of Lichen Wiki, and more! See you there 🫶🏻🍻atmo.rsvpatmo.rsvpdiscover and attend events 1123
Reposted by Ethan GrafATProto Boston @atproto.boston · 09/05/2026Heading out to #somervilleporchfest today? @scoiattolo.mountainherder.xyz put the whole schedule on the atmosphere. Use any atmospheric events app to discover bands and plan your day! More might be coming in the next three hours…atmo.rsvpatmo.rsvpdiscover and attend events 0184
Reposted by Ethan Graf💭 arushi @offline.arushibandi.com · 07/05/2026hi! i'm looking for projects in the ATmosphere whose users are people in *organizations*. if that sounds like you or something you know about please reach out! 3239
Reposted by Ethan GrafATProto Boston @atproto.boston · 05/05/2026Hello Boston! Our next meetup is next Thursday at Democracy Brewing. Join us to share a bev and chat all about atproto, the internet, communities, and civic agency! Featuring @scoiattolo.mountainherder.xyz @eagraf.dev @notplants.bsky.social and @tynanpurdy.com There’s even special @rpg.actor swagatmo.rsvpMay Meetup - atproto bostonCome on out for our May monthly meetup, this time at the great Democracy Brewing. We'll be discussing the social web, developments in the world of AT Protocol, our own projects, and the future of the ... 0228
Reposted by Ethan GrafRude1 Haunted Badness. ⁂ @rude1.blacksky.team · 04/05/2026To date, @blackskyweb.xyz’s focus has been on building tools to provide a safer online space for members of the Black Twitter community to move to... With Acorn, Blacksky is providing access to these same tools to other communities that want to build their own spaces on the open social web.techcrunch.comAs X shuts down Communities, Acorn debuts an alternative that puts creators in control | TechCrunchAcorn lets organizations build and run their own online communities using decentralized tech, with custom feeds, moderation, and analytics tools. 7381138
Ethan Graf @eagraf.dev · 12/04/2026💯 community scoped apps can tap into network effects from the open protocol, without the need to scale to infinity and betray their initial userbase in the process 040
Reposted by Ethan GrafATProto Boston @atproto.boston · 09/04/2026Tonight!!! We are seeing some issues with the event link originally posted. Good thing we're in the Atmosphere! See the event here on Smokesignal with all details and RSVPs preserved.smokesignal.eventsprotocols for pubs ⋅ atproto boston meetupAtproto Boston meetups every month! Come gather for a brew and friends as we chat about atproto, civic technology, the internet, and more. Location will rotate to different breweries all around the ..... 2138
Reposted by Ethan GrafATProto Boston @atproto.boston · 07/04/2026Our next meetup is coming up in just a couple days. This is your chance to pick up stickers from the conference! See ya there. #atproto.localblento.appprotocols for pubs ⋅ atproto boston meetupAtproto Boston meetups every month! Come gather for a brew and friends as we chat about atproto, civic technology, the internet, and more. Location will rotate to different breweries all around the ci... 185
Reposted by Ethan GrafBoris @bmann.ca · 07/04/2026Had a great call with @offline.arushibandi.com who is building @habitat.network The team has launched the first version of their Habitat Hub, and their first local first **private data** app - a collaborative notes editor, Habitat Docs habitat.network/habitat/docs 4434
Ethan Graf @eagraf.dev · 06/04/2026Yes was going to take a temperature check at the next Boston meetup! Will write more on this later, but I got some hunches that building custom apps for small communities might be more viable these days. I think there are several cool atproto community specific features that would be fun to do 130
Ethan Graf @eagraf.dev · 06/04/2026@tynanpurdy.com @ngerakines.me was thinking over the weekend about prototyping a atproto meetups app - is someone already working on this? 221
Ethan Graf @eagraf.dev · 27/03/2026I’ve been using Habitat Docs all day to take notes on all the great #ATscience talks. Hope everyone at the conf gets a chance to check it out! 📝 🔬 050
Ethan Graf @eagraf.dev · 26/03/2026@atprotocol.dev looks like the atmosphere conf website is down 130
Reposted by Ethan GrafBoris @bmann.ca · 20/03/2026I am really looking forward to Arushi's @offline.arushibandi.com talk. As we were wrapping #AtmosphereConf 2025, she said thank you & a few other kind words on her way out the door. So I'm very pleased to see this talk, "in conversation with several of the talks from last year"atmo.rsvpRewilding the internet with ATProtoSo far, many of the projects in the ATProtocol ecosystem have focused on bringing parity—making projects that replicate our existing tools and platforms, but with the affordances of the protocol inste... 2193
Ethan Graf @eagraf.dev · 20/03/2026Are you able to see how old those are? Probably from a very early iteration of this: habitat.leaflet.pub/3mhglyteqe22ihabitat.leaflet.pubcalendar pt. 2: spaces, meet cliques! - building [at] habitatpermission-ed data without AppViews 100
Ethan Graf @eagraf.dev · 19/03/2026The other reason is that at some point we’d like to build a management pane to see the global view of all permissions you have granted. This isn’t easy to do if the UCAN is being delegated / sub-delegated 140
Ethan Graf @eagraf.dev · 19/03/2026The fun part is when the problems you actually hit turn out not to be the problems you thought you were going to hit 020
Ethan Graf @eagraf.dev · 19/03/2026There is a bunch of speculative protocol creation in this post, so would love to hear what everybody thinks! Are the benefits worth the drawbacks? Is there another way we can make AppViews work for small world cases? Should something other than the PDS handle the new protocol elements we described? 001
Ethan Graf @eagraf.dev · 19/03/2026In part 2 of our calendar series, I explore what it would actually take to build a permissioned data app without AppViews. There are a couple twists and turns along the way, but in the end, we got a fully functional app 📆 130
Reposted by Ethan GrafHabitat @habitat.network · 19/03/2026spaces, meet cliques! how we built a minimal calendar on pear (our permission-enforcing ATProto repo) and what we had to build to get there.habitat.leaflet.pubcalendar pt. 2: buckets spaces, meet cliques!permission-ed data without AppViews 2266
Ethan Graf @eagraf.dev · 13/03/2026For the same reasons, the likelihood AppViews take advantage of grey areas is a lot higher. They might be using your data for training models, or to help target ads. If an AppView does these, do you sign a terms of service agreement with them? 000
