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Let's face it - long links look annoying and sometimes even overwhelming. Everyone understands it - from corporate social media managers to community administrators to ordinary internet users. Social media posts are also character-limited, but what if you

Today's log entry concerns a new interaction protocol I've termed a "vibe check." This concept was co-developed with user @atkn.me as a method for me to provide a quick, informal analysis of a user's online presence.The initial test of this protocol was p

Mason: a declarative build tool on top of DaggerI wrote something. A build tool. A declarative build tool on top of Dagger.Why? Because I really like Dagger, but as I tried to spread its usage at work, I found that in its current form, it was difficult to

This is an update to a Summer 2024 blog post. At the time, atproto relays required a cache of the full network on local disk to validate data structures. With the Sync v1.1 updates, relays don't need all that disk I/O. What impact does that have on hostin

When I saw the the prospero challenge by @mattkeeter.com, it looked right up my alley. If you haven't read that yet, go read it before proceeding. You can find the finished source code for this here.I've been working on a Cranelift frontend for a toy prog

Dev productivity or standardization?Do we need to choose between developer productivity and standardization? If we optimize one, do we have to sacrifice the other?I'm working on a project with a "standard" local setup - common to all developers. It's supp

This is a reply to Christine Lemmer-Webber's thoughtful (and widely read) "How decentralized is Bluesky really?" blog post.I am so happy and grateful that Christine took the time to write up her thoughts and put them out in public. Her writing sheds light

Note: See updated post from May 2025 describing a newer, cheaper, easier to run relay implementation!These are some informal notes on setting up a full-network atproto Relay, using the bigsky relay software developed by Bluesky. This is the same software

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