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Boris

@bmann.ca

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Web tinkerer. Pooling capital and collaboration. What if we made things a little bit better? #Vancouver #cooking #restaurant #atproto I'm on Germ DM 🔑 https://ger.mx/Axe3y6qlKjg6Yr15PwIYwB1zmaoJLIKUGlT442f8nrg4#did:plc:2cxgdrgtsmrbqnjkwyplmp43

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Boris @bmann.ca · 13d

I have a whole folder of ATProto apps on iOS (plus a select few directly on my Home Screen).

Today we call them “ATproto” apps.

In the future … they’re just a better way to build a wide range of apps, where users own their data, login in anywhere, and choose different interfaces.

Screenshot of a portion of an iOS Home Screen.

The icons for Bluesky, Ouranos, Leaflet, and Semble are shown, plus a folder labeled ATProto that has PinkSky, Popfeed, Spark, Flashes, Skylight, Anisota, Bookhive, Germ, and Anchor in it.

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Boris @bmann.ca · 1h

A long read of @graze.social’s theory of open social - and the praxis of making it work for @skylight.social which in turn makes it work everywhere

#WeCanJustDoThings

Graze Social @graze.social · 3h

You can just do things, together

You can just do things, together - Graze Newsletter

How Skylight & Graze are working together to build the open social FYP

graze.leaflet.pub

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Rudy wants revolution. @rude1.blacksky.team · 5h

Cooking up an app-view 🧑🏾‍🍳

ASCII art at the Blacksky App View homepage

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Ms Boba (rebuilding community era) @essentialrandom.bsky.social · 5h

Updated the AppViews explainer with a write-up on how AppViews (and the ATproto building blocks) compare to the current status quo in Fediverse software, and what issues they solve.

Shoutout and huge thank you to @thisismissem.social who helped me FINALLY, truly get it.

github.com/FujoWebDev/l...

A screenshot of the Decentralized (Federated) Software section of the article

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Boris @bmann.ca · 5h

I have opinions on this & vendors in the space and mostly am interested about how to do this well outside the US. Let's chat more in the forum!

Boris @bmann.ca · 5h

It's what we used for the conf and has some regional channels eventsdiscord.atprotocol.dev

This is prime candidate to be replaced by @roomy.space once they're ready.

Boris @bmann.ca · 5h

So many stickers Kye.

I have some nice vendors to use, hard part always ends up being global shipping for our worldwide community here.

I think what would be good is to have some local ambassadors that we can get stuff to, who can then distribute them.

Will start a thread on the forum.

ATProtocol Community

A community space for coordinating, convening, and collaboration around ATProto

discourse.atprotocol.community

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Boris @bmann.ca · 5h

For people following along at home, yes I ended up buying wecanjustdothings .community for the #ATCommunityFund

Might just be a great conference theme / slogan!

All I did below was setup the TXT to point to @atprotocol.dev

Boris @bmann.ca · 6h

I'm going to be promoting the "we" version of this, too!

bsky.app/profile/weca...

#WeCanJustDoThings

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Boris @bmann.ca · 6h

It can be re-used or used as inspiration. But one offs are fine!

Inspired by this one off for Toronto discover.toronto.inc

I am now going to type all these things into Discourse.

Boris @bmann.ca · 6h

I'm going to be promoting the "we" version of this, too!

bsky.app/profile/weca...

#WeCanJustDoThings

Boris @bmann.ca · 6h

haha. For the ATGeo parts! But this is going to be at the very least a conference project.

@daffl.me said he'd be up for working on this as part of the Vancouver crew.

And yeah, I think a "hometown" field would be good for those that feel like filling it out.

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Boris @bmann.ca · 6h

I think SEA might win for project density @stream.place @skylight.social @bsky.app ?

NYC probably has more people and second most projects? @leaflet.pub @blackskyweb.xyz ?

Boris @bmann.ca · 6h

I tagged you in the ATProto Social Discord in the SEA channel.

Hmmm. We are planning on building out ATProto conference profiles. Could be more generally used for community profiles, with "hometown" listed for a little #ATGeo flair.

cc @essentialrandom.bsky.social

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Jasmine Otto @jatazak.bsky.social · 6h

Bay Area UX/PL folks - I'm organizing a get-together the morning of Sat, Oct 25th. Come chat about the joy and despair of making software tools for humans!
partiful.com/e/Fs3AD41RUM...

RSVP to Feeling of Computing // Downtown SF | Partiful

Get coffee, chat convivial tools, and hang out with folks in human-centered computing. This month, special guest Ivan Reese is joining us! (Location is outdoors, near transit and multiple coffee shop...

partiful.com

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Boris @bmann.ca · 6h

Some really great people have shared sentiments like this.

Jay Graber Remarks Video, ATmosphereConf Seattle 2025 - ATProto Community

atprotocommunity.leaflet.pub

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Paul Frazee @pfrazee.com · 7h

Want to remark on a sentiment I've heard from the AT dev community ‒ in specific words, even, from @bmann.ca, @knowtheory.net, and @rude1.blacksky.team, which I'll likely botch here:

Lead with joy, not fear.

I think that belief shows up a lot, and it's really affected me for the better!

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Oxide Computer Company @oxide.computer · 9h

Is Oxide a mainframe? FAQ Friday #22

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bsky.check @bskycheck.com · 11h

@ec.europa.eu is the 16th trusted verifier on #bluesky

It just verified its first 5 users with blue check.

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Gaël Varoquaux @gaelvaroquaux.bsky.social · 13h

A speech about what drives me, how science and open source are bitter victories, unable to make improve the world if society does not embrace them for the better:
gael-varoquaux.info/personnal/a-...

A national recognition; but science and open source are bitter victories

I have recently been awarded France’s national order of merit, for my career, in science, in open source, and around AI. The speech that I gave carries messages important to me (French below;...

gael-varoquaux.info

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Oskar Wickström @wickstrom.tech · 15h

New blog post is up!

"Programming in the Sun: A Year with the Daylight Computer"

wickstrom.tech/2025-10-10-p...

Programming in the Sun: A Year with the Daylight Computer

wickstrom.tech

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Boris @bmann.ca · 18h

4 DAYYYYYSS

Core conference when we have the Great Hall is Saturday Sunday.

Have two side event / developer training days / Vancouver activities booked Thursday / Friday.

Boris @bmann.ca · 19h

Und auch auf Deutsch?

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hailey @hailey.at · 20h

everyone should be able to run one of these on their own. personal moderation really ran by you.

paul replying to me with a rude reply and being labeled as bad faith.

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Nick Gerakines @ngerakines.me · 20h

Web Monetization via community.lexicon.payments.webMonetization records.

Add your payment pointer in Settings → visitors with WM browsers stream you micropayments.

Shout out to @snarfed.org, @lexicon.community, and @piss.beauty. #ATProtocol #WebMonetization

at://work @atwork.place · 20h

🎉 New: Web Monetization support on at://work!

Enable it in Settings to receive micropayments from visitors. Stored as ATProto records in your PDS.

atwork.place/help/profiles

#ATProtocol #WebMonetization

at://work - ATProto Job Board

Your Career. Your Data. Your Place. A decentralized job board powered by the ATProtocol

atwork.place

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Northsky Social Cooperative @transrights.northsky.social · 1d

We've been getting questions about, "is Northsky for people who aren't 2SLGBTQIA+ as well?"

The answer is YES! You just have to be chill and respectful of 2SLGBTQIA+ people and other minority groups.

If this describes you, there's a lower-priority queue you can join here: northskysocial.com/allies

Low-Priority Queue

northskysocial.com

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Boris @bmann.ca · 1d

Because we don’t have full time dev rel or paid people working on dev education and good docs.

(if you’re not plugged in you’re going to fall into more centralized patterns)

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