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fig (aka: [phil]) @bad-example.com · Apr 21

…but for real, you can help keep this alive if you want:

github.com/sponsors/uni...

ko-fi.com/bad_example

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fig (aka: [phil]) @bad-example.com · 6h

yes

fig (aka: [phil]) @bad-example.com · 6h

it backs plc.wtf! it’s the exact reference app that runs plc.directory, but with a rust wrapper/proxy that polls /export from upstream to copy ops into the local reference db.

https://plc.wtf

\ | | | | _ \ | | -_) _` | -_) _` | | | | (mirror) _/ _\ _| _| \___| \__, | \___| \__,_| _| \_, | (v0.3.0) ____| ...

plc.wtf

fig (aka: [phil]) @bad-example.com · 8h

also ha “5 days” oops. the start date used to be hard-coded (a hack) but i “fixed” it in the last update to record the date in a global key if not present on first launch, and fall back to the old hardcoded date.

i guess the fallback didn’t work and it recorded the last restart oops

fig (aka: [phil]) @bad-example.com · 8h

oh that’s 9 billion atproto backlinks indexed!

This server has indexed 9,030,923,833 links between 1,713,360,256 targets and sources from 20,216,394 identities over 5 days.

in small text: (indexing new records in real time, backfill coming soon!)

the text above is cropped: […] the firehose, searching for anything that looks like a link.
Links are indexed by the target they point at, the collection the record came from, and the JSON path to the link in that record.

text below: You're welcome to use this public instance! Please do not[…]

the address bar shows “constellation.microcosm.blue”

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fig (aka: [phil]) @bad-example.com · 9h

tried the thing where you refactor instead of thinking. cleaned up the code; did not fix bug.

fig (aka: [phil]) @bad-example.com · 14h

my mst walker is streaming keys slightly out of order and i do not want to think

fig (aka: [phil]) @bad-example.com · 9h

wait this would be so cool

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Patrick Singletary @psingletary.com · 11h

#ATProtoCalls

Docs will be published on Leaflet.pub
atprotocalls.leaflet.pub

RSVP for tomorrow ( and get a calendar reminder ) in the link below

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fig (aka: [phil]) @bad-example.com · 10h

i always imagine a window where i write out a literal *record* json, and on the right it tries to infer a lexicon for it, offering widgets to tweak things like precise string formats. magic would be if it could discover potential refs to offer too…

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fig (aka: [phil]) @bad-example.com · 11h

would love this honestly (and any version of a collab 💖)

fig (aka: [phil]) @bad-example.com · 11h

i can query my mirror db for u next time if you want 💖

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fig (aka: [phil]) @bad-example.com · 14h

oops i changed halfway through typing that. tree is node, node is record.

[tree(d), record(c), record(b), tree(a)]

fig (aka: [phil]) @bad-example.com · 14h

vibecoding but there's no ai i'm just typing and vibing and not thinking

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fig (aka: [phil]) @bad-example.com · 14h

i'm pushing "work" onto a stack from nodes like for

node (left: Some(a), entries: [{b, t:None}, {c, t:Some(d)}]

it would have stack [tree(d), node(c), node(b), tree(a)]

and pop off the next lookup from right to left, pushing more for trees

(no i've not really thought through this)

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fig (aka: [phil]) @bad-example.com · 14h

my mst walker is streaming keys slightly out of order and i do not want to think

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fig (aka: [phil]) @bad-example.com · 18h

oooooh hey you can lean on a global cache system for did resolution

(please please do not use this for any part of an oauth flow)

tree🌴 @tree.fail · 1d

"plcdns" enables global DNS resolution of your DID PLC data

_handle.[did-hash].plc.atscan.net
_pds.[did-hash].plc.atscan.net
_pubkey.[did-hash].plc.atscan.net

example: _handle.oio4hkxaop4ao4wz2pp3f4cr.plc.atscan.net

tangled.org/@tree.fail/p...

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good-first-issue bot @hacktober.tngl.sh · 19h

New from @microcosm.blue/microcosm-rs:

> Constellation: filter firehose by collection NSID or NSID prefix

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fig (aka: [phil]) @bad-example.com · 19h

meta

fig (aka: [phil]) @bad-example.com · 19h

bot now has a readme :)

fig (aka: [phil]) @bad-example.com · 19h

yep the pi has payed for itself many times over

fig (aka: [phil]) @bad-example.com · 20h

oh wild, external link embeds actually *store* the og-image in your repo?

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fig (aka: [phil]) @bad-example.com · 20h

power supply max capacity of 30 watts!

fig (aka: [phil]) @bad-example.com · 21h

just gotta add a good-first-issue for stitch and the bots will officially be bffs

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tangled.org trending @stitch.selfhosted.social · 3d

bad-example.com/hacktober-bot announcing good-first-issue tags added on @tangled.sh (not affiliated with tangled!)
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Bailey Townsend 🦀 @baileytownsend.dev · 21h

I'm doing an AMAA, ask me anything atproto, for the rest of the day. Got a question you've always wondered about ATProtocol and the atmosphere? Ask below and I will do my best to answer or at least point you in the right direction! As always there's no dumb questions, we all started somewhere.

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akshay oppiliappan @oppi.li · 21h

yooooo thats a cool bot

good-first-issue bot @hacktober.tngl.sh · 1d

New from @tangled.org/core:

> add a language filter to the GFI list

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