this is a ghost reply. if you see this, let me know. im testing something.

sorry this was months ago. im just reminiscing

Thanks for the correction, I'm relatively new to ATproto and still learning the intricacies 😅 I didn't realize that the prev pointer on commits is optional and seemingly soft-deprecated now (?)

It feels a little strange to hear that you "don't use blockchains" -- what would you call the chain of commits/blocks in a user repository, each one validating its records using a MST and validating the previous commits/blocks via cryptographic hashes?

aw fuck not again :/

Balance restored!

shit

Quick correction, my number actually *does* include post contents as well as media uploads. Apparently all that data *can* be consumed by my system using less than 1gb of ram and 1 cpu core.

This is measuring the direct output of the firehose API. So a few hundred bytes every time a PDS emits an event (like, follow, post, block, etc). It does not include the contents of any actual posts. I probably don't have a system that is capable of ingesting at that volume.

Actually it's probably a better demo to show @bsky.app's likes :P

i put this together in like an hour or two! very very friendly API for computers to talk to :)))))