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Building on ATProto

What's this about?

Luke Kanies (Puppet's founder) on what Bluesky's underlying protocol is actually good for: portable identity and data you own, beyond microblogging.

What exactly is ATProto?

The AT Protocol separates your identity and data from any single app — your posts live in a repository you control, and apps are views over it. Leave the app, keep the graph.

Why is it worth noting?

133 points of builder interest (61 comments) in the middle of AI week — the decentralized-web thread keeps compounding while attention is elsewhere.

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