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bryan newbold @bnewbold.net · 2d

for atproto devs and protocol watchers, I published an overview of the network moderation architecture.

it tries to cover all the mod actions possible for each service type. this design has been around a while, but not well documented.

this doc is not very polished, but could clarify some details

AT Moderation Architecture | bryan newbold

The AT network is becoming more heterogeneous in practice, with independent PDS hosts, apps, and alternative bsky AppViews establishing themselves. This means that more complex inter-service moderatio...

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devin ivy 🐋 @divy.zone · 1d

i think these techniques could technically work together: process as much as you can in memory streaming, and once you hit an unexpected block, flush the rest to a tmp sqlite then walk the rest from disk.

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devin ivy 🐋 @divy.zone · 1d

nice! i'm mucking around with repo validation right now too! i have a little disk to spare and am interested in keeping memory footprint low, so i'm streaming blocks to sqlite on disk, then walking the mst using sqlite. i think @retr0.id and i had a similar inclination there.

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devin ivy 🐋 @divy.zone · 4d

i can get into that

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devin ivy 🐋 @divy.zone · 4d

what is it this time...

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devin ivy 🐋 @divy.zone · 5d

thanks for showing us all zeppelin, that was badass. if you end-up sharing any long-form thoughts on the project i will be eager to read them

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dan @danabra.mov · 6d

i wrote down the process of resolving an at:// URI step by step. turns out, it's a great way to learn how the AT protocol works!

Where It's at:// — overreacted

From handles to hosting.

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daniel 🫠 @dholms.xyz · 7d

independent plc org, ietf, migrating back to bsky, patent pledge

BROTHER WE ARE JUST GETTING STARTED

Bluesky @bsky.app · 7d

Bluesky runs on open protocols with open source code. Today we’re taking an additional step and making a patent non-aggression pledge to ensure that everyone can build confidently on our work.

Learn more and read the pledge in our blog post: bsky.social/about/blog/1...

Bluesky's Patent Non-Aggression Pledge - Bluesky

Bluesky develops open protocols. We're taking a short and simple patent non-aggression pledge to ensure that everybody feels confident building on them.

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devin ivy 🐋 @divy.zone · 7d

tldr: go nuts, do your thing, fork our oss work, build a company on the protocol. you're a part of the network flourishing, so we're cheering you on.

Bluesky @bsky.app · 7d

Bluesky runs on open protocols with open source code. Today we’re taking an additional step and making a patent non-aggression pledge to ensure that everyone can build confidently on our work.

Learn more and read the pledge in our blog post: bsky.social/about/blog/1...

Bluesky's Patent Non-Aggression Pledge - Bluesky

Bluesky develops open protocols. We're taking a short and simple patent non-aggression pledge to ensure that everybody feels confident building on them.

bsky.social

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devin ivy 🐋 @divy.zone · 7d

AT devs have just been blowing me away, the ecosystem is cookin!! i see you out there making it happen!!!

Devin Gaffney @devingaffney.com · 7d

In fact, 80% of non-BSky collections are under active development with records written in the last week - 90% in the last month. Almost *no* abandoned projects where more than a small handful of uptake. The ecosystem is ~sticky~. Why?

Number of ATProto Collections by Last Active Date. X axis is date, ranging from April 3 2025 to now (≈6 months ish), Y axis is number of collections where the most recent generated record was produced on that specific date. A basically zero-hugging graph up until the last few days with a ton of active development.

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Samuel @samuel.fm · 8d

deploy a complete atproto app in one click using Railway

Deploy atproto statusphere app

Deploy atproto statusphere app on Railway with one click, start for free. A minimal demo of an end-to-end atproto application

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devin ivy 🐋 @divy.zone · 10d

as long as your rotation key is dry you should be good

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devin ivy 🐋 @divy.zone · 11d

it's really up to the relay whether it wants to "crawl" and discover the network using links. def an effective way to do it! the design of the network is intended to promote broad federation rather than islands. as i recall, one time early on we accidentally federated thanks to relay crawling...

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devin ivy 🐋 @divy.zone · 11d

yaaay :) it's really neatly explained!

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devin ivy 🐋 @divy.zone · 12d

making more internet at @jaz.bsky.social's side has been an honor and a privilege. so many late nights hacking or plotting, situation rooms weathered, and doing some of the best work of our lives together. and a great bud. soo, so sick. jaz rules 💜

Jaz @jazco.dev · 12d

A bit of personal news for y’all.

Today is my last day as a member of the Bluesky team!

The past 2+ years building out Bluesky’s Infrastructure and Platform team and scaling the network from 100,000 -> 40,000,000 users have been the most intense and rewarding years of my life.

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devin ivy 🐋 @divy.zone · 12d

pdses or... 🫣 hosts

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daniel 🫠 @dholms.xyz · 12d

okay and as promised, the bluesky PDS is officially open for returning users to migrate their accounts back!

hoping this lowers the stakes & gives folks the confidence to explore some other PDSs in the network!

docs.bsky.app/blog/incomin...

Enabling Account Migration Back to Bluesky’s PDS | Bluesky

One of the core promises of AT is the seamless account migration between PDS hosts. Since federation opened up in the AT network, it has been possible to migrate away from the Bluesky PDS and between ...

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dan @danabra.mov · 12d

i wrote about atproto and why it matters

Open Social — overreacted

The protocol is the API.

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Jaz @jazco.dev · 12d

New blogpost alert: jazco.dev/2025/09/26/i...

This one is about using load balancing and bucketing in more creative ways to solve problems with database contention.

Part of the work we're doing building out a new DB layer on top of FoundationDB that will be FOSS!

Hope you enjoy it!

Turning Billions of Strings into Integers Every Second Without Collisions

In the case of distributed, high-throughput string interning, horizontal scaling can be achieved by breaking up one large keyspace that requires strict coordination into billions of smaller keyspaces ...

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devin ivy 🐋 @divy.zone · 16d

for next time— you can come straight to me, i usually end up fielding our simbreaches

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bryan newbold @bnewbold.net · 19d

excited to share that we are following through on our earlier commitments and putting together an independent+neutral organization to house the DID PLC system, includes the directory service