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Too many things. Too little time. https://sri.xyz atprotoing: Taproot (@atproto.at), ATPI (@atpi.at), stuff… blueskying: BluSki (@blu.ski)

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Sri @sri.xyz · Jul 2

@atproto.at - AT Protocol explorer is live!

Instantly preview, browse, search, log in, edit, stream, and download any AT Protocol data.

Works with any at:// URI, DID, or Bluesky handle.

Free, open-source, mobile-friendly (PWA).
No app needed.

Launch notes:
sri.xyz/projects/atp...

#atproto

Launching atproto.at:// - All-in-one AT Protocol Explorer

Prefix atproto. to any AT URI to instantly preview.

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Tynan Purdy @tynanpurdy.com · 12h

My design prof told me to write down bad ideas so that they don’t take up the space of future good ideas in my head

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Sri @sri.xyz · 22h

coffee. claude. cloudflare.

Sri @sri.xyz · 2d

lol, you had me at "silly"
hardware + atproto is a bonus

there may or may not be something already in works with all 3 + of course stickers!

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Sri @sri.xyz · 2d

👀

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Sri @sri.xyz · 4d

fyi, there is also a guide by @baileytownsend.dev to store them in s3.
baileytownsend.dev/articles/s3-...

A blob in the bucket

Learn how to setup your self hosted PDS to use an S3 object store for blob storage.

baileytownsend.dev

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Sri @sri.xyz · 5d

👀

I couldn’t find a proper Tangled logo at the time of nyc event. Dolly came after that. Else would have added dolly stickers to the pack!

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Achille Lacoin @pomdtr.me · 5d

Small trick i have learned today: if you want to get the record stored at a specific atproto uri, just prefixit with `atpi.`.

Ex:

at://did:plc:ovreo3dlfroo4ztkep3kjlle/run.smallweb.server/3m2c2qsxxv72f => atpi.at//did:plc:ovr...

Thanks @atpi.at !

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Sri @sri.xyz · 5d

Maybe bluesky should start doing mandATory side project time. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Side_pr...

Sri @sri.xyz · 6d

very detailed... you might like this one docs.atpi.at

ATPI - AT Protocol API

Direct JSON access to AT Protocol data. Simple, fast, no authentication required. Just prefix atpi. to any AT Protocol URL.

docs.atpi.at

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bryan newbold @bnewbold.net · 7d

at://devs!

I wrote up a lexicon style guide, looking for feedback.

also cooking on a linting tool to check a a bunch of these

Draft Lexicon Style Guide (Lexinomicon) · bluesky-social atproto · Discussion #4245

More folks are starting to design Lexicon schemas from scratch, which is great! This is particularly driven by ecosystem projects like Slices and microcosm which make it easier to work with AT netw...

github.com

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Sri @sri.xyz · 8d

Awesome!

Sri @sri.xyz · 8d

nice, yeah even I didn’t expect accounts to have these many blobs.

I just assumed testing the .car / blob downloads with @jcsalterego.bsky.social‘s account would cover all bases and act as load test.

Also, may I ask the reason you want to download all the media from yours? Just for backup?

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Sri @sri.xyz · 8d

lol, these guys?

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Sri @sri.xyz · 8d

fyi, after the 3rd or 4th zip file, your browser may prompt to allow multiple file downloads.

It took ~ 1 hr to download all the files (it respects PDS rate limit (3k requests / 5 min) to not overwhelm it!)

Once you confirm this option works for you, I can merge this change to the main branch.

Sri @sri.xyz · 8d

I got it working in a feature branch.
feature-blob-multi-part.atprotoat.pages.dev/viewer?uri=d...

Blob downloads for large accounts will now be downloaded as separate zip files (1k files each). It fetches first 1k files, zips it, downloads the file and then goes to fetch the next 1k and so on..

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Sri @sri.xyz · 8d

found out the issue. it is able to download all ~22k files from the PDS respecting the rate limits (~1 hr) but failing while trying to zip them...

figuring out multi part blob zip download for very large accounts like this. stay tuned...

taproot atproto explorer blob download screen

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Sri @sri.xyz · 9d

ah, this is something i haven’t tested before.
max i’d seen was ~5k blobs. this account has 22,845 blobs in the repo.. will check this.

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

plc.wtf reference mirror now has a place for PLC experiments:

- experimental.plc.wtf

experiment #1: upstream op forwarding. submit a PLC op and Allegedly will forward it upstream to `plc.directory` for you.

everything stays in sync, but you don't have to touch the official directory at all

$Screenshot with "POST /:did Create a PLC op" underlined. Configured upstream: https://plc.directory/ Available APIs: - GET /_health Health and version info - GET /* Proxies to wrapped server; see PLC API docs: https://web.plc.directory/api/redoc tip: try `GET /{did}` to resolve an identity - POST /:did Create a PLC op. Allegedly will forward it upstream. Allegedly is a suite of open-source CLI tools from for working with PLC logs, from microcosm: https://tangled.org/@microcosm.blue/Allegedly$

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Sri @sri.xyz · 10d

feel better soon!

Sri @sri.xyz · 12d

yeah, that was a concern at first since most Google results are about Bitcoin. but nobody really searches for this outside the community.

atlas was a close 2nd choice but taproot stuck. thanks to this bsky.app/profile/sri....

Sri @sri.xyz · May 31

Ok, what are the actual odds of this.

there is an album called Blue-Sky Research.

released in 2005.

by a band called Taproot.

and the wild part...

Taproot is an anagram of ATproto 🤯

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue-Sk...

Sri @sri.xyz · 12d

thank you!

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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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