Sergej Spomer
@sergej.social
Reposted by Sergej Spomer
ATproto is really, at its core, the idea that "the backend for SaaS web apps is just a Dropbox", and social web apps are just a specific form of this that agree on a schema.
That's it.
Everything else is quality-of-life (caching, availability) and standards around ID resolution.
That's it.
Everything else is quality-of-life (caching, availability) and standards around ID resolution.
This explanation of ATproto should be in more places
Like I had no idea that it was more than just an alternative to AP until now like I just knew it was decentralized and really complicated but this explains a lot more
Like I had no idea that it was more than just an alternative to AP until now like I just knew it was decentralized and really complicated but this explains a lot more
Basically everything is just json. Apps publish a schema for a certain shape of data, be it a game of 2048 or a skeet or a wordle or a longform blog post (or really anything!). The account lives on the PDS, which sends all activity to relays and relays power data streams for apps
January 11, 2026 at 10:09 PM
ATproto is really, at its core, the idea that "the backend for SaaS web apps is just a Dropbox", and social web apps are just a specific form of this that agree on a schema.
That's it.
Everything else is quality-of-life (caching, availability) and standards around ID resolution.
That's it.
Everything else is quality-of-life (caching, availability) and standards around ID resolution.
Really great talk that everybody should watch
📣 NEW w/@udbhav-tiwari.bsky.social Mapping the technical reality & privacy/security perils of pushing AI agents into our infra
We offer palliatives, but the core issues are paradigmatic: 'agency' relies on pervasive data access + ability to act w/o explicit consent
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ANE...
We offer palliatives, but the core issues are paradigmatic: 'agency' relies on pervasive data access + ability to act w/o explicit consent
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ANE...
39C3 - AI Agent, AI Spy
YouTube video by media.ccc.de
www.youtube.com
January 8, 2026 at 1:23 PM
Really great talk that everybody should watch