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Atproto Spaces, formerly known as “the permissioned data protocol,” is a new extension to atproto that enables non-public data. The alpha is now officially open. Here’s how to develop with it and what to expect as we work towards the full release.

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I've been playing around with AT Protocol. The posts on this site are now published to standard.site, and I've written a (very basic) WordPress plugin to display posts from my PDS on the Now page of this site. As a developer, I've spent a good chunk of my working life building apps that stored things...

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I'm four months into my interim CEO role at Bluesky, and it's time for an update. Most importantly, as of today, the interim part of the title is gone. I'm loving the mission and the job, and I'm all in as Bluesky’s official CEO. This job has been energizing from day one, and the Bluesky...

Bluesky proposal discussions. Contribute to bluesky-social/proposals development by creating an account on GitHub.

Yesterday, my best friend and brother from another mother, Om Malik, passed away. They say that blood is thicker than water, and what we had was way thicker than blood. — Bob Weir Om's request was for a small family prayer ceremony. In mourning, that will be all there is. In celebration and tribute, I love that everyone is…

This 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...