Independent Brazilian technology π§π· @blueark.app
π Quote now at https://blueark.app/
This project now comes to an end. But we move on with the certainty that every second was worth it. It was beautiful. It was unique. It was ours.
With love,
AmΓ³s (and also Nicolas and DΓ‘let). π
This project now comes to an end. But we move on with the certainty that every second was worth it. It was beautiful. It was unique. It was ours.
With love,
AmΓ³s (and also Nicolas and DΓ‘let). π
Again, thank you. Truly, thank you. To everyone who trusted, shared, interacted, criticized, supported. Thank you for the patience and for the affection. There are no WORDS that can explain our gratitude. +
Again, thank you. Truly, thank you. To everyone who trusted, shared, interacted, criticized, supported. Thank you for the patience and for the affection. There are no WORDS that can explain our gratitude. +
BlueArk changed my career choices, my way of thinking about the future, my view on communication. It changed the path of the three of us. And if it changed your life even just a little bit, then it was already worth it all. +
BlueArk changed my career choices, my way of thinking about the future, my view on communication. It changed the path of the three of us. And if it changed your life even just a little bit, then it was already worth it all. +
And one request: support the free tools, the independent devs, the projects that keep Bluesky alive. Donate, pay, value them. They need it to continue. Thatβs how we build freer and more transparent spaces. +
And one request: support the free tools, the independent devs, the projects that keep Bluesky alive. Donate, pay, value them. They need it to continue. Thatβs how we build freer and more transparent spaces. +
If you still have an operation in progress, write to: [email protected]. Since the last announcement, weβve been finalizing everything possible. What we cannot deliver will be refunded. +
If you still have an operation in progress, write to: [email protected]. Since the last announcement, weβve been finalizing everything possible. What we cannot deliver will be refunded. +
Thatβs why we decided to officially shut down the service. The website will go offline. It wasnβt an easy decision, but it was the most honest one. And I want you to know: thereβs no regret. On the contrary. Only pride and gratitude for what we lived. +
Thatβs why we decided to officially shut down the service. The website will go offline. It wasnβt an easy decision, but it was the most honest one. And I want you to know: thereβs no regret. On the contrary. Only pride and gratitude for what we lived. +
But life moved on. Revenue fell, free tools appeared, and we couldnβt launch a new product before needing to return to the job market. BlueArk was no longer sustainable for the three of us. +
But life moved on. Revenue fell, free tools appeared, and we couldnβt launch a new product before needing to return to the job market. BlueArk was no longer sustainable for the three of us. +
We know we contributed to the migration from X to Bluesky. Not alone, of course. But we were part of it. And being part of that historic moment, seeing the community grow and knowing we helped, is something Iβll carry forever. +
We know we contributed to the migration from X to Bluesky. Not alone, of course. But we were part of it. And being part of that historic moment, seeing the community grow and knowing we helped, is something Iβll carry forever. +
And the most important thing: BlueArk wasnβt just about us. It was about the people who believed, trusted, paid, recommended. Everyone who had patience with bugs, every client who insisted on valuing our work, every interaction. You were the reason for it all. +
And the most important thing: BlueArk wasnβt just about us. It was about the people who believed, trusted, paid, recommended. Everyone who had patience with bugs, every client who insisted on valuing our work, every interaction. You were the reason for it all. +
We didnβt get rich, far from it. But we were happy. We laughed a lot, felt proud, made mistakes, got things right, grew. BlueArk was both a lab and a shortcut. It was learning, it was challenge, it was the courage to leave the βcertainβ for the βuncertain.β +
We didnβt get rich, far from it. But we were happy. We laughed a lot, felt proud, made mistakes, got things right, grew. BlueArk was both a lab and a shortcut. It was learning, it was challenge, it was the courage to leave the βcertainβ for the βuncertain.β +
These details may seem small, but they were huge in our lives. BlueArk paid for courses, opened doors, bought us time. It allowed us to dream about new career paths that might have taken years to appear. +
These details may seem small, but they were huge in our lives. BlueArk paid for courses, opened doors, bought us time. It allowed us to dream about new career paths that might have taken years to appear. +
Roxo Solto, our agency, also grew through this. We were able to upgrade equipment, buy new phones, and attract clients who came precisely because we could dedicate ourselves in that period. All of this was sustained by what we built here. +
Roxo Solto, our agency, also grew through this. We were able to upgrade equipment, buy new phones, and attract clients who came precisely because we could dedicate ourselves in that period. All of this was sustained by what we built here. +
DΓ‘let, whoβs also my partner in another business, could dedicate herself to it a while longer and finally dive into audiovisual, discovering a new passion. I finally managed to release my first song and also do theater. Small things only possible because BlueArk existed. +
DΓ‘let, whoβs also my partner in another business, could dedicate herself to it a while longer and finally dive into audiovisual, discovering a new passion. I finally managed to release my first song and also do theater. Small things only possible because BlueArk existed. +
The most beautiful thing is that BlueArk didnβt change our lives because it made us rich, but because it gave us tools. Literally. Nicolas left behind an 8-year-old PC that overheated and shut down. I, a publicist and artist, replaced my limited PC with one that runs anything smoothly. +
The most beautiful thing is that BlueArk didnβt change our lives because it made us rich, but because it gave us tools. Literally. Nicolas left behind an 8-year-old PC that overheated and shut down. I, a publicist and artist, replaced my limited PC with one that runs anything smoothly. +
We left our formal jobs and threw ourselves completely into this. I woke up and went to sleep thinking about how to reply to SO MANY skeets, DMs, requests, bugs, operations. At its peak it was exhausting, but it made sense. We deeply believed in what we were building. +
We left our formal jobs and threw ourselves completely into this. I woke up and went to sleep thinking about how to reply to SO MANY skeets, DMs, requests, bugs, operations. At its peak it was exhausting, but it made sense. We deeply believed in what we were building. +
BlueArk was born from a conversation between me and Nicolas, in the middle of the chaos when X was blocked in Brazil. He took vacation from his job and spent 14h a day coding. DΓ‘let joined later in support, and suddenly we were at the center of a global conversation we never planned. +
BlueArk was born from a conversation between me and Nicolas, in the middle of the chaos when X was blocked in Brazil. He took vacation from his job and spent 14h a day coding. DΓ‘let joined later in support, and suddenly we were at the center of a global conversation we never planned. +
Hey folks! Iβm back, back again withβ¦ another announcement! Almost one year later, itβs time to say goodbye to BlueArk. I, AmΓ³s, write here in the first person, because I want this to be a sincere letter, open-hearted, to everyone who walked this journey with us. +
Hey folks! Iβm back, back again withβ¦ another announcement! Almost one year later, itβs time to say goodbye to BlueArk. I, AmΓ³s, write here in the first person, because I want this to be a sincere letter, open-hearted, to everyone who walked this journey with us. +
As for the API method, we canβt promise a comeback yet. The decision depends on technical feasibility, costs, and user demand.
We love what weβve built - but rewriting everything with so little usage might be unworkable. Weβre evaluating carefully and transparently. π
As for the API method, we canβt promise a comeback yet. The decision depends on technical feasibility, costs, and user demand.
We love what weβve built - but rewriting everything with so little usage might be unworkable. Weβre evaluating carefully and transparently. π
What we do know for sure:
β The βvia archiveβ method (the classic Twitter Archive) is temporarily under maintenance due to this same integration issue.
But it will be back up next week! ποΈ
What we do know for sure:
β The βvia archiveβ method (the classic Twitter Archive) is temporarily under maintenance due to this same integration issue.
But it will be back up next week! ποΈ
Rebuilding our codebase for this new API reality would be a massive task. We're assessing if it's even viable - it would take weeks of work, for a service that now processes just 1 or 2 sales a day.
Rebuilding our codebase for this new API reality would be a massive task. We're assessing if it's even viable - it would take weeks of work, for a service that now processes just 1 or 2 sales a day.
That means our import system via API (which automatically accessed your public tweets) is currently 100% offline. π
The APIs we relied on have changed everything: structure, access, cost⦠and are now basically unusable.
That means our import system via API (which automatically accessed your public tweets) is currently 100% offline. π
The APIs we relied on have changed everything: structure, access, cost⦠and are now basically unusable.
The unofficial APIs we used for crawling (the method that allowed us to fetch your tweets directly from X/Twitter) have stopped working. Twitter has made several changes to block external API usage.
The unofficial APIs we used for crawling (the method that allowed us to fetch your tweets directly from X/Twitter) have stopped working. Twitter has made several changes to block external API usage.