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Eric @esb.lol · 21/09/2026
Hey 👋 we're looking for feedback on the language selector in the post composer. The way it current works is that if you switch languages and create the post, we save your last selection for next time. Would y'all prefer that, or have it reset to your primary language for each new post?
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rafael @rafael.my · 20/08/2026
Ironic because I literally can't (threadgated), but @eboldy.bsky.social: it is a feature, not a limitation. We intentionally designed it to be that way for possible privacy concerns. Could allow picking when adding people to the group? Something we could iterate on in the future. @alexbenzer.com
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rafael @rafael.my · 24/06/2026
About unread chat badges on the nav bar. We recently changed how chat unread counts work. Before: we would get the 31 (IIRC) most recently messaged convos and see if there were any unreads among them.
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rafael @rafael.my · 12/06/2026
Pro tip: wanna find random group chats to join? Search for "bsky.app/chat": bsky.app/search?q=bsk...
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rafael @rafael.my · 11/06/2026
Idea for how to implement post editing. You have a Levenshtein Balance that you can track on Bluesky. Each day you don't edit a post, you earn 1 credit. You build up your credits and can use them to pay for the Levenshtein distance of the edit.
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Eric @esb.lol · 11/06/2026
Three back-to-back weeks of releases: Standard Site, 10 photos, and Group Chats + Invites. Plus we announced our work on communities. BLUESKY SUMMER OF SHIPPING BAYBEEEE 🫡
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Eurosky Social @eurosky.social · 11/06/2026
Muve to the beat. Muve the conversation. Muve mountains. Today @eurosky.social announces mu.social, a new microblogging app to experiment with the future of social! 🪩💖
Purple banner with the 'mu' logo in the middle in white with a black drop shadow
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alex benzer @alexbenzer.com · 10/06/2026
communities are coming to Bluesky this year. today, Bluesky is one big space. communities will be smaller spaces inside that where you can go deeper and hang out with people who care about the same stuff.
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alex benzer @alexbenzer.com · 15/05/2026
ok, deep breath… we're discussing *potentially* adding post editing to Bluesky this year.
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Eric @esb.lol · 15/04/2026
Attention PDS devs! We merged a lexicon change last week increasing the max image upload for Bluesky posts from 1 MB to 2 MB. This rolled out to our PDSs instances last Friday. We'll begin enabling this in the Bluesky app soon. If your PDS implementation is still validating at 1 MB, plz update! ✌️
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rafael @rafael.my · 07/04/2026
Well, the backend works 🤷
A Bluesky group chat, but the UI is not prepared for it, and it looks like a regular direct chat between 2 people. People are having to write in the messages who is sending them.
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rafael @rafael.my · 07/03/2026
If your own images have not been loading since yesterday, that's related to the jpeg -> webp migration we're doing, but the root cause seems to be the user's PDSs. I've seen 2 cases so far, and they were from users who migrated to 3rd party PDSs. The PDSs are not returning the blobs ...
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rafael @rafael.my · 06/03/2026
We're rolling out a change in image format. If you see some images taking a second to load today, that's expected.
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Samuel @samuel.fm · 04/03/2026
Hey devs! Heads up, we're planning on making some changes to our image CDN tomorrow. - Images will be served as WebP by default - The URL format you get from the Bluesky API will change a little You can look forward to an announcement about image quality soon 👀
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alex benzer @alexbenzer.com · 12/02/2026
we just rolled out an experimental integration with @germnetwork.com, an E2E encrypted chat app that integrates with atproto. Germ users can add a button to their profile so others can message them from Bluesky. we're exploring ways to connect your profile with other apps in the Atmosphere.
Demonstration of where the Germ DM button appears on your Bluesky profile after you pair your accounts within the Germ DM app.
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rafael @rafael.my · 10/02/2026
Some implementation details for drafts: 1. Currently, on-protocol data (stored on the user's PDS) is always public. Permissioned, on-protocol data is currently being worked on by the protocol team. 2. Drafts, by their nature, must be private.
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rafael @rafael.my · 15/01/2026
Has anyone using Personal Data Server tried the paid tier? I'm thinking of upgrading to Professional Data Server, not sure if it is worth it.
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Peter W🤓 @wang.social · 12/12/2024
I'm excited to announce @skyseed.fund, the world's first incubator & fund exclusively focused on Bluesky and @atproto.com. We're just getting started but have $1 Million in committed capital, and will be doing developer grants as well as pre-seed/seed funding. www.prweb.com/releases/ope...
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Open Source Veteran Launches Skyseed - First Ecosystem Fund and Incubator for the Bluesky AT Protocol
/PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Open Source veteran entrepreneur Peter Wang today launches Skyseed Fund, the world's first venture fund and incubator focused exclusively...
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rafael @rafael.my · 26/11/2024
One of them is already a reality. I'm working on the other one.
The word "burnout"The words "standing desk enlightenment"
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rafael @rafael.my · 13/11/2024
15M users in Bluesky (from bcounter.nat.vg)
A counter showing 15,000,124 users on Bluesky
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Jaz @jaz.sh · 24/09/2024
I did some writing about Jetstream, a lightweight version of the AT Proto firehose that's plain JSON over a websocket and without the MST/verification. It makes getting started building on AT Proto or Bluesky a lot lower friction if you trust your Jetstream operator. jazco.dev/2024/09/24/j...
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Jetstream: Shrinking the AT Proto Firehose by >99%
Jetstream is a streaming service that consumes an AT Proto Sync Firehose and converts it into lightweight, filterable, friendly JSON, allowing us to live tail all posts on Bluesky for as little as ~85...
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rafael @rafael.my · 16/09/2024
I wrote this guide: rafaeleyng.github.io/self-hosting...
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Self-hosting a Bluesky PDS and using your domain as your handle
Rafael Eyng's tech blog
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