Stephan
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stephancill.co.za
Stephan
@stephancill.co.za
cypherpunk wannabe interested in permissionless protocols and a better social web https://stephancill.eth.limo
experimenting with WWW-Authenticate headers for advertising oauth on permissioned endpoints (e.g. followers only)

pretty easy to integrate with ethereum. the client or server initiating the request can then exchange a signature for a session token and re-request the data if they have access
December 22, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Running a PDS on railway is estimated to cost $1/month
December 22, 2025 at 6:54 AM
working on a lil admin ui for my pds
December 21, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Web devtools now live on the App Store! apps.apple.com/za/app/devto...
December 15, 2025 at 6:09 AM
i was sorely missing the ability to check a website's logs and network requests on ios when i'm away from my laptop

so i built an app. the testflight link is in the pinned message of this telegram group t.me/+OIfahPAtLRt...

github: github.com/stephancill/...
December 6, 2025 at 10:01 PM
ios safari devtools – testflight soon

github.com/stephancill/...
December 5, 2025 at 11:40 AM
experimenting with a lexicon for crypto address verifications. it uses eip.tools/eip/7930 for cross-chain compatibility and supports smart contract accounts

only tested with ethereum so far

atproto-address-verifications.vercel.app

github.com/stephancill/...
November 23, 2025 at 11:48 AM
learnt a bit about atproto today by extending the statusphere example to do some indexing!

now when you log in, it backfills statuses from everyone you follow

github: github.com/stephancill/...

try it statusphere.steer.fun
November 2, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Global spam filters are a bit of a cop out imo. They give you the worst of both worlds
- when they’re too aggressive they frequently result in false positives
- when they’re too lax they’re not very useful

The reality is that spam is relative and our content filters should reflect that
November 1, 2025 at 5:29 PM
thoughtful blog post about blogging's place in the modern social stack. love the party analogy
November 1, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I love that atproto is taking privacy seriously

Besides surveillance, I’m pretty sure nobody wants everything they say and do to be free for all to use in training AI
October 22, 2025 at 4:30 AM