Brandon Mathis
@brandonmathis.bsky.social
Engineering Lead @ This Dot Labs. Community organizer. Tinkerer and general tech enthusiast. Currently building @skylight.social
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Brandon Mathis
@brandonmathis.bsky.social
· Mar 19
Getting to speak on the historic Carolina Theater stage was a bucket list item today. Thanks @allthingsopen.bsky.social
Going LIVE now to talk about AI with the This Dot team and friends. Come find out how I've been working with AI over the past 6 months #thisdotAI #AI #Live
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kitx...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kitx...
The Future of AI Dev Tools: Real Talk on Building with Agents
YouTube video by This Dot Media
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July 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Going LIVE now to talk about AI with the This Dot team and friends. Come find out how I've been working with AI over the past 6 months #thisdotAI #AI #Live
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kitx...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kitx...
Liquid Glass made in WebGL 🧊🧊
I’m loving these liquid glass demos people are making
github.com/bergice/liqu...
I’m loving these liquid glass demos people are making
github.com/bergice/liqu...
June 13, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Liquid Glass made in WebGL 🧊🧊
I’m loving these liquid glass demos people are making
github.com/bergice/liqu...
I’m loving these liquid glass demos people are making
github.com/bergice/liqu...
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📱Your team tired of waiting for the App Store to ship updates?
@skylight.social pushes daily @reactnative.dev.web.brid.gy updates with Expo + EAS Update.
@brandonmathis.bsky.social from This Dot Labs explains.
@skylight.social pushes daily @reactnative.dev.web.brid.gy updates with Expo + EAS Update.
@brandonmathis.bsky.social from This Dot Labs explains.
June 6, 2025 at 10:48 PM
📱Your team tired of waiting for the App Store to ship updates?
@skylight.social pushes daily @reactnative.dev.web.brid.gy updates with Expo + EAS Update.
@brandonmathis.bsky.social from This Dot Labs explains.
@skylight.social pushes daily @reactnative.dev.web.brid.gy updates with Expo + EAS Update.
@brandonmathis.bsky.social from This Dot Labs explains.
Started adding MCP‘s to my AI coding agents to get up to date documentation for all my 3rd party libraries #code #ai #mcp #programming
June 3, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Started adding MCP‘s to my AI coding agents to get up to date documentation for all my 3rd party libraries #code #ai #mcp #programming
May 29, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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Small, but mighty UI change for @skylight.social!
Always celebrating the small wins with the big 🙌🏽
Okay, back to building 🫡
#skylightsocial #skylight
Always celebrating the small wins with the big 🙌🏽
Okay, back to building 🫡
#skylightsocial #skylight
May 29, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Small, but mighty UI change for @skylight.social!
Always celebrating the small wins with the big 🙌🏽
Okay, back to building 🫡
#skylightsocial #skylight
Always celebrating the small wins with the big 🙌🏽
Okay, back to building 🫡
#skylightsocial #skylight
Skylight Social's CTO @reedharmeyer.bsky.social jumped on a podcast with me to breakdown some of the tech behind @skylight.social. Listen along! #code #atproto #buildinpublic
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4i3J...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4i3J...
Building a TikTok-Style App with React Native & Expo: Interview w Skylight Social CTO, Reed Harmeyer
YouTube video by This Dot Media
www.youtube.com
May 28, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Skylight Social's CTO @reedharmeyer.bsky.social jumped on a podcast with me to breakdown some of the tech behind @skylight.social. Listen along! #code #atproto #buildinpublic
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4i3J...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4i3J...
A #buildinpublic video about @skylight.social
Stop waiting for App Store review to send out changes to your react-native apps. Use Expo updates to get changes out to users in real-time! #reactnative #expo #mobile
Stop waiting for App Store review to send out changes to your react-native apps. Use Expo updates to get changes out to users in real-time! #reactnative #expo #mobile
May 27, 2025 at 8:12 PM
A #buildinpublic video about @skylight.social
Stop waiting for App Store review to send out changes to your react-native apps. Use Expo updates to get changes out to users in real-time! #reactnative #expo #mobile
Stop waiting for App Store review to send out changes to your react-native apps. Use Expo updates to get changes out to users in real-time! #reactnative #expo #mobile
Honestly…. I’m shocked to hear that Harvard received federal funding.
May 16, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Honestly…. I’m shocked to hear that Harvard received federal funding.
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Whether speaking to students in @drkalyncoghill.bsky.social’s class on Hashtag Activism or folks at @aadhum-umd.bsky.social yesterday, it’s always great to see the reactions when I mention that folks are building TikTok alternatives on atproto like @skylight.social 🖤
April 23, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Whether speaking to students in @drkalyncoghill.bsky.social’s class on Hashtag Activism or folks at @aadhum-umd.bsky.social yesterday, it’s always great to see the reactions when I mention that folks are building TikTok alternatives on atproto like @skylight.social 🖤
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Thanks to @niko.antuerp.com for chatting with me!
@skylight.social is still young; there's a lot we need to build to make it a place where creators can truly find and grow their audience 🙌🏽
But I'm incredibly thankful to have the chance to build it, and to have so many of you along for the ride 🥰
@skylight.social is still young; there's a lot we need to build to make it a place where creators can truly find and grow their audience 🙌🏽
But I'm incredibly thankful to have the chance to build it, and to have so many of you along for the ride 🥰
🗞️ As TikTok bans loom, creators are fighting back — not with clones, but with control.
We sat down with @buildwithtori.com to talk about @skylight.social, the shortform video app built on the AT Protocol. It’s open, decentralized, and creator-first.
📲 Full story: antuerp.com/skylight-is-...
We sat down with @buildwithtori.com to talk about @skylight.social, the shortform video app built on the AT Protocol. It’s open, decentralized, and creator-first.
📲 Full story: antuerp.com/skylight-is-...
Skylight Is the Decentralized TikTok Alternative Creators Actually Want
TikTok bans are not just a theory anymore, they are an active threat against the freedom of speech and the livelihoods of so many Americans. But what if the next platform did not just copy the format,...
antuerp.com
May 14, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Thanks to @niko.antuerp.com for chatting with me!
@skylight.social is still young; there's a lot we need to build to make it a place where creators can truly find and grow their audience 🙌🏽
But I'm incredibly thankful to have the chance to build it, and to have so many of you along for the ride 🥰
@skylight.social is still young; there's a lot we need to build to make it a place where creators can truly find and grow their audience 🙌🏽
But I'm incredibly thankful to have the chance to build it, and to have so many of you along for the ride 🥰
Reposted by Brandon Mathis
Twitter’s dominance ‘over’ as Bluesky becomes new hub for research.
Data indicates more scholars turning to alternative social media site to post about their work after Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/xs-domi...
Data indicates more scholars turning to alternative social media site to post about their work after Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/xs-domi...
X’s dominance ‘over’ as Bluesky becomes new hub for research
Data indicates more scholars turning to alternative social media site to post about their work after Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover
www.timeshighereducation.com
April 12, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Twitter’s dominance ‘over’ as Bluesky becomes new hub for research.
Data indicates more scholars turning to alternative social media site to post about their work after Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/xs-domi...
Data indicates more scholars turning to alternative social media site to post about their work after Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/xs-domi...
Honestly, it's pretty genius how Stripe has created markdown versions of their docs and an "Open in ChatGPT" link to make working with AI easier
You can give your coding agent a "Read docs.stripe.com/connect/auth... prompt and it will can slurp up the Stripe docs and use that as context for tasks
You can give your coding agent a "Read docs.stripe.com/connect/auth... prompt and it will can slurp up the Stripe docs and use that as context for tasks
May 1, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Honestly, it's pretty genius how Stripe has created markdown versions of their docs and an "Open in ChatGPT" link to make working with AI easier
You can give your coding agent a "Read docs.stripe.com/connect/auth... prompt and it will can slurp up the Stripe docs and use that as context for tasks
You can give your coding agent a "Read docs.stripe.com/connect/auth... prompt and it will can slurp up the Stripe docs and use that as context for tasks
It really is uncanny how often I run into engineers that are also musicians. There for sure is some kind of parallel between code and math
www.thisdot.co/blog/music-a...
www.thisdot.co/blog/music-a...
“Music and code have a lot in common,” freeCodeCamp’s Jessica Wilkins on what the tech community is doing right to onboard new software engineers - This Dot Labs
www.thisdot.co
April 25, 2025 at 8:27 PM
It really is uncanny how often I run into engineers that are also musicians. There for sure is some kind of parallel between code and math
www.thisdot.co/blog/music-a...
www.thisdot.co/blog/music-a...
Not surprised to read this at all. Academia needs to adapt properly to AI
www.vice.com/en/article/t...
www.vice.com/en/article/t...
Teachers Are Using AI to Grade Papers—While Banning Students From It
Students love using AI. Teachers hate when students use AI. Yet, teachers love using AI to help grade papers.
www.vice.com
April 25, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Not surprised to read this at all. Academia needs to adapt properly to AI
www.vice.com/en/article/t...
www.vice.com/en/article/t...
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April 21, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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A little update video about what we’re working on currently!
Thank you to everyone supporting @skylight.social and giving us great feedback! It’s been insanely helpful as we build 🙌🏽
#skylightsocial #skylight
Thank you to everyone supporting @skylight.social and giving us great feedback! It’s been insanely helpful as we build 🙌🏽
#skylightsocial #skylight
April 20, 2025 at 8:24 PM
A little update video about what we’re working on currently!
Thank you to everyone supporting @skylight.social and giving us great feedback! It’s been insanely helpful as we build 🙌🏽
#skylightsocial #skylight
Thank you to everyone supporting @skylight.social and giving us great feedback! It’s been insanely helpful as we build 🙌🏽
#skylightsocial #skylight
The pizza of the gods 👼
April 17, 2025 at 12:21 PM
The pizza of the gods 👼
April 13, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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1. LLM-generated code tries to run code from online software packages. Which is normal but
2. The packages don’t exist. Which would normally cause an error but
3. Nefarious people have made malware under the package names that LLMs make up most often. So
4. Now the LLM code points to malware.
2. The packages don’t exist. Which would normally cause an error but
3. Nefarious people have made malware under the package names that LLMs make up most often. So
4. Now the LLM code points to malware.
LLMs hallucinating nonexistent software packages with plausible names leads to a new malware vulnerability: "slopsquatting."
LLMs can't stop making up software dependencies and sabotaging everything
: Hallucinated package names fuel 'slopsquatting'
www.theregister.com
April 12, 2025 at 11:43 PM
1. LLM-generated code tries to run code from online software packages. Which is normal but
2. The packages don’t exist. Which would normally cause an error but
3. Nefarious people have made malware under the package names that LLMs make up most often. So
4. Now the LLM code points to malware.
2. The packages don’t exist. Which would normally cause an error but
3. Nefarious people have made malware under the package names that LLMs make up most often. So
4. Now the LLM code points to malware.